A party or other celebration held to mark someone entering a new home, especially the arrival of a bride at her new home; a wedding reception
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A party or entertainment given to friends upon newly entering a house; a housewarming
A house-warming; especially, a reception, party, or entertainment given by a newly married couple, or by the husband upon receiving the wife to his house