Category:Bride

Bride, n. Etym: [OE. bride, brid, brude, brud, burd, AS. br; akin to OFries. breid, OSax. br, D. bruid, OHG. pr, br, G. braut, Icel. br, Sw. & Dan. brud, Goth. br33s; cf. Armor. pried spouse, W. priawd a married person.]

1. A woman newly married, or about to be married. Has by his own experience tried How much the wife is dearer than the bride. Lyttleton. I will show thee the bride, the Lamb's wife. Rev. xxi. 9.

2. Fig.: An object ardently loved. Bride of the sea, the city of Venice.

Bride Bride, v. t.

Defn: To make a bride of. [Obs.]

- ---excerpt from the Illustrated Bible Dictionary

Bride - Frequently used in the ordinary sense (Isaiah 49:18; Isaiah 61:10, etc.). The relation between Christ and his church is set forth under the figure of that between a bridegroom and bride (John 3:29). The church is called "the bride" (Revelation 21:9; Revelation 22:17). Compare parable of the Ten Virgins (Matthew 25:1).