casar y velar

English translation: Marry and...

07:25 Mar 18, 2005
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Genealogy
Spanish term or phrase: casar y velar
expresion encontrada en un registro de bautismo al comienzo del siglo 19 en Mexico...
LEALZ
United States
Local time: 01:23
English translation:Marry and...
Explanation:
Casar = marry

"velar" can mean several things...

velar in the sense of mourning or "holding a wake for" in the case of death

and then there is "velar por" which in escence means to watch over or to watch out for

I think maybe it would be better to provide more context information ... maybe the sentences before or after the phrase.
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alexandra123
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...care

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5 +1to marry and to bless
PaulinaRich
3 -1Marry and...
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Marry and...


Explanation:
Casar = marry

"velar" can mean several things...

velar in the sense of mourning or "holding a wake for" in the case of death

and then there is "velar por" which in escence means to watch over or to watch out for

I think maybe it would be better to provide more context information ... maybe the sentences before or after the phrase.


alexandra123
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disagree  María Leonor Acevedo-Miranda: se supone que quien esta muerto no se casa....
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to marry and to bless


Explanation:
OK, first of all I would need the exact sentence to make sure this is what is refering to, but this is what I found in the book "Finding your Hispanic Roots" by George R. Ryskamp (a genealogy/family history book--the author is an acredited genealogist specialized in Spanish language research), page 199:
..."Another important and commonly found phrase is 'casé y velé', (married and blessed) or 'casé, desposé y velé'(married, wed, and blessed), indicating the two different marriage actions that took place within teh Catholic Church. One was the actual marriage ceremony (casé or casé y desposé). This could take place at any time and was performed by a priest. The second, velar, was a special belssing given by the priest upon the marriage. There were two periods during theyear when such velaciones (blessings) could not be given: the forty days prior to Christmas, known as advieto (Advent), and the forty days prior to Easter, known as cuaresma (Lent). REcords of marriages that took place during one of those two periods frequently have a note in the margin indicatin that the velaciones were done on a separate date from the marriage ceremony. ....."

THe book continues explaining when the velaciones were performed. It seems to me a little strange to find it in a baptismal record, but again, I don't have the full sentence or even paragraph to tell.

I hope this helps.
Good luck!

Paulina

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