The Perry Square Alliance shared a link. Erie's Perry Square Alliance is pleased to announce a fun FREE family celebration of the newly renovated Perry Square.
Wedding ceremony words. Most weddings use the words from The Marriage Service from Common Worship (2000). It is in contemporary language and offers the most flexibility in the choice of readings and prayers. However, sometimes couples have special reasons for wanting a ceremony that uses old language, such as âtheeâ and âthouâ instead of âyouâ.
Wedding Traditions Explained. Meaning of Wedding. Wedding literally meant the purchase of a bride for breeding purposes. The word wedding comes from the root meaning to gamble or wager. The Anglo-Saxon word wedd meant that the groom would vow to marry the woman, but it also meant the money or barter that the groom paid the bride's father.