Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Bride \Bride\ (br[imac]d), n. [OE. bride, brid, brude, brud,
   burd, AS. br[=y]d; akin to OFries. breid, OSax. br[=u]d, D.
   bruid, OHG. pr[=u]t, br[=u]t, G. braut, Icel. br[=u][eth]r,
   Sw. & Dan. brud, Goth. br[=u][thorn]s; 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.