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Hymen

noun

(Greek mythology) the god of marriage.

A fold of tissue that partly covers the entrance to the vagina of a virgin. Synonyms: maidenhead, virginal membrane.

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... and good-humour'd, complying and kind, Turn the chief of your care from your face to your mind; 'Tis thus that a wife may her conquests improve, And Hymen shall rivet the ...

— Sketches of the Fair Sex, in All Parts of the World • Anonymous

... Venus altars shine, This kindles frosty Hymen's pine; When the boy grows old in his desires, This flambeau doth new light ...

— Lucasta • Richard Lovelace

... part introduced Iris, Hebe, Pomona, Vertumnus, and choruses of Arcadians and others. This part concluded with a dance by gods of the sea and the Lombardian rivers. The third part began with the appearance of Orpheus leading Hymen, to whom he sang praises, accompanying himself on the lyre. Behind him were the Graces, in the midst of whom came "Marital Fidelity" and presented herself to the princess. After some other minor incidents of the same kind the spectacle came to an end with a ballet in which Bacchus, Silenus, Pan ...

— Some Forerunners of Italian Opera • William James Henderson

... before my vision glows, But not in Hymen's hand it shines; A flame that to the welkin goes, But not from holy offering shrines: Glad hands the banquet are preparing, And near and near the halls of state, I hear the god that comes unsparing, I ...

— The Growth of Thought - As Affecting the Progress of Society • William Withington

... woman—that if you had been married, you were not so pernickitty about such things; and, finally, that if Emerald Avenue cared to go to that trouble it was welcome, because she remained always invested with the mantle of Hymen. ...

— The Privet Hedge • J. E. Buckrose

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