Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Nuptial \Nup"tial\, n.; pl. {Nuptials}.
   Marriage; wedding; nuptial ceremony; -- now only in the
   plural.

         Celebration of that nuptial, which We two have sworn
         shall come.                              --Shak.

         Preparations . . . for the approaching nuptials.
                                                  --Prescott.

Source : WordNet®

nuptials
     n : the social event at which the ceremony of marriage is
         performed [syn: {wedding}, {wedding ceremony}, {hymeneals}]