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Meaning of golden wedding | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

The golden anniversary of a wedding, the 50th anniversary of a marriage.

Examples

“‘Perhaps you have no golden or silver wedding in England?’ ‘I confess I never heard of any thing of the kind,’ said Hamilton... ‘To be fifty years married and to have a golden wedding, is a sort of event in a family.’”

“...in fact the paper, wooden and tin wedding presents are seldom anything but jokes. Crystal is the earliest that is likely to be taken seriously by the gift-bearers. Silver is always serious, and the golden wedding a quite sacred event.”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

See also

Golden Week Golden West golden whistler golden wonder killifish golden yarrow golden years