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Marriage

Marriage Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Marriage? [n] the act of marrying; the nuptial ceremony; "their marriage was conducted in the chapel" [n] two people who are married to each other; "his second marriage was happier than the first"; "a married couple without love" [n] state of being husband and wife; "a long and happy marriage"; "God bless this union" [n] a close and intimate union; "the marriage of music and dance"; "a marriage of ideas" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Marriage: man and wife \| marriage ceremony \| married couple \| matrimony \| union \| wedding \| wedlock Related Terms \| Find terms related to Marriage: addition \| affiliation \| agglomeration \| agglutination \| aggregation \| agreement \| alliance \| amalgamation \| Anschluss \| articulation \| assimilation \| association \| banns \| blend \| blending \| bond \| bracketing \| bridal \| bridal suite \| bridechamber \| cabal \| carnality \| cartel \| centralization \| chuppah \| church wedding \| civil ceremony \| civil wedding \| clustering \| coalescence \| coalition \| coldness \| combination \| combine \| combo \| communication \| composition \| concatenation \| concourse \| concurrence \| confederacy \| confederation \| confluence \| congeries \| conglomeration \| conjugation \| conjunction \| connection \| consolidation \| conspiracy \| convergence \| copulation \| coupling \| ecumenism \| elopement \| embodiment \| encompassment \| enosis \| epithalamium \| espousals \| espousement \| federalization \| federation \| flesh \| fleshliness \| forced marriage \| frigidity \| fusion \| gathering \| Gretna Green wedding \| honeymoon \| hookup \| hymen \| hymeneal \| hymeneal rites \| impotence \| inclusion \| incorporation \| integration \| intercommunication \| intercourse \| interlinking \| joinder \| joining \| jointure \| junction \| junta \| knotting \| league \| liaison \| libido \| linkage \| linking \| love \| lovemaking \| match \| matrimony \| meeting \| meld \| melding \| merger \| merging \| nuptial apartment \| nuptial mass \| nuptial song \| nuptials \| package \| package deal \| pairing \| potency \| prothalamium \| saffron veil \| sensuality \| sex drive \| sexiness \| sexual instinct \| sexual urge \| sexualism \| sexuality \| shotgun wedding \| solidification \| splice \| spousal \| spousals \| symbiosis \| syncretism \| syndication \| syneresis \| synthesis \| tie \| tie-in \| tie-up \| unification \| union \| voluptuousness \| wedding \| wedding canopy \| wedding song \| wedding veil \| wedlock \| yoking See Also \| better half \| bigamy \| bridal \| civil marriage \| common-law marriage \| endogamy \| espousal \| exogamy \| family \| family unit \| inmarriage \| intermarriage \| love match \| marital status \| marriage of convenience \| married person \| mate \| misalliance \| mixed marriage \| monandry \| monogamousness \| monogamy \| monogyny \| open marriage \| partner \| polyandry \| polygamy \| polygyny \| remarriage \| rite \| ritual \| spouse \| unification Marriage In Webster's Dictionary \Mar"riage\, n. [OE. mariage, F. mariage. See {Marry}, v. t.] 1. The act of marrying, or the state of being married; legal union of a man and a woman for life, as husband and wife; wedlock; matrimony. Marriage is honorable in all. --Heb. xiii. 4. 2. The marriage vow or contract. [Obs.] --Chaucer. 3. A feast made on the occasion of a marriage. The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain king which made a marriage for his son. --Matt. xxii. 2. 4. Any intimate or close union. {Marriage brokage}. (a) The business of bringing about marriages. (b) The payment made or demanded for the procurement of a marriage. {Marriage favors}, knots of white ribbons, or bunches of white flowers, worn at weddings. {Marriage settlement} (Law), a settlement of property in view, and in consideration, of marriage. Syn: Matrimony; wedlock; wedding; nuptials. Usage: {Marriage}, {Matrimony}, {Wedlock}. Marriage is properly the act which unites the two parties, and matrimony the state into which they enter. Marriage is, however, often used for the state as well as the act. Wedlock is the old Anglo-Saxon term for matrimony. \Mar"riage\, n. In b['e]zique, penuchle, and similar games at cards, the combination of a king and queen of the same suit. If of the trump suit, it is called a {royal marriage}.

Marriage Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Marriage?

[n] the act of marrying; the nuptial ceremony; "their marriage was conducted in the chapel"
[n] two people who are married to each other; "his second marriage was happier than the first"; "a married couple without love"
[n] state of being husband and wife; "a long and happy marriage"; "God bless this union"
[n] a close and intimate union; "the marriage of music and dance"; "a marriage of ideas"

Marriage In Webster's Dictionary

\Mar"riage\, n. [OE. mariage, F. mariage. See {Marry},
v. t.]
1. The act of marrying, or the state of being married; legal
   union of a man and a woman for life, as husband and wife;
   wedlock; matrimony.

         Marriage is honorable in all.         --Heb. xiii.
                                               4.

2. The marriage vow or contract. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

3. A feast made on the occasion of a marriage.

         The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain king
         which made a marriage for his son.    --Matt. xxii.
                                               2.

4. Any intimate or close union.

{Marriage brokage}.
   (a) The business of bringing about marriages.
   (b) The payment made or demanded for the procurement of a
       marriage.

{Marriage favors}, knots of white ribbons, or bunches of
   white flowers, worn at weddings.

{Marriage settlement} (Law), a settlement of property in
   view, and in consideration, of marriage.

Syn: Matrimony; wedlock; wedding; nuptials.

Usage: {Marriage}, {Matrimony}, {Wedlock}. Marriage is
       properly the act which unites the two parties, and
       matrimony the state into which they enter. Marriage
       is, however, often used for the state as well as the
       act. Wedlock is the old Anglo-Saxon term for
       matrimony.


\Mar"riage\, n.
In b['e]zique, penuchle, and similar games at cards, the
combination of a king and queen of the same suit. If of the
trump suit, it is called a {royal marriage}.

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