prothalamion

[ proh-thuh-ley-mee-on, -uhn ]

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noun

, plural pro·tha·la·mi·a [proh-th, uh, -, ley, -mee-, uh].

prothalamion

/ ˌprəʊθəˈleɪmɪən /

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Coined by Edmund Spenser in 1597; pro- ² + (epi)thalamion;

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C16: from Greek pro- before + thalamos marriage; coined by Edmund Spenser, on the model of epithalamion

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It is a bridal ode (Prothalamion), to celebrate the marriage of two daughters of the Earl of Worcester, written late in 1596.

Among the minor poems of Spenser the most delightful were his Prothalamion and Epithalamion.

The Prothalamion contains a final record of his disappointments in England.

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