The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word NUPTIALS
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result NUPTIALS
- In pulpit, miracles alternating with weddings
- Make arrangement for suit and plan for wedding
- Terribly plain suit one rejected for wedding
- Wedding list a problem after joke backfires
- Lust and pain marred wedding ceremony
- Conversion of Saint Paul, short of a romantic ceremony
- Union celebrations
- Marriage plan with suit ordered
- US IT plan perturbed union
- Wedding ceremony — groom plans it around mid-January
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The straight part
We know that "Union celebrations" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case union celebrations = nuptials.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does NUPTIALS mean?
NUPTIALS noun- A wedding ceremony.