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Bride
Frequently used in the ordinary sense (Isa 49:18; Isa 61:10, etc.). The relation between Christ and his church is set forth under the figure of that between a bridegroom and bride (John 3:29). The church is called “the bride” (Rev 21:9; Rev 22:17). Compare parable of the Ten Virgins (Matt 25:1–13).
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), by Matthew George Easton.
