an auspicious occasion

A celebratory or momentous event, situation, or circumstance. (Note that the meaning of auspicious here is slightly altered from its standard definition of favorable or timely.) We would like to invite you to the auspicious occasion of the marriage of our son, Luke, to his bride-to-be, Sophia. It was an auspicious day in the city, as people poured onto the streets to celebrate the queen's ascent to the throne.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Mo	MO	English
Inderjeet	-	Indian (Sikh)
Everitt	EV-ə-rit	English (Rare)
Cordelia	kawr-DEL-ee-ə, kawr-DEL-yə	English
Simon	SIE-mən (English), see-MAWN (French), ZEE-mawn (German), SEE-mawn (Dutch)	English, French, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, German, Dutch, Hungarian, Slovene, Romanian, Macedonian
Annelies	ah-ne-LEES (German), ahn-nə-LEES (Dutch)	German, Dutch