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bed rite
Definition
A Shakespearean term for sexual intercourse. See copulation for synonyms.Quote: William Shakespeare. The Tempest : ' No bed-rite shall be paid / Till Hymen's torch be lighted.' (Hymen puns on the Greek and Roman god of marriage and the virginal membrane named after this god.)
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