Handfasting
Word | HANDFASTING |
Character | 11 |
Hyphenation | N/A |
Pronunciations | N/A |
Definitions and meanings of "Handfasting"
What do we mean by handfasting?
A Neopagan wedding ceremony in which the participants' hands are ritually joined, in some cases solemnizing a union for a specified term rather than permanently. noun
A handclasp used as a ceremony of betrothal. noun
Betrothal or provisional marriage by joining hands. See handfast, v., 3. noun
Present participle of handfast. verb
The ceremony in which people handfast. noun
To pledge; to bind
(obsolete or historical except Wicca) To betroth by joining hands, in order to allow for cohabitation before the celebration of marriage; to marry provisionally.
1. A Pagan celebration of a marriage. Often popular among Wiccan communities. 2. A theme of wedding by Celtic influences in which each guest brings a strip of cloth or rope, in which the hands of the wedded are tied together as a symbol of unity. Urban Dictionary
Abstaining from masterbation. Urban Dictionary
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