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marriage
[ mar-ij ]
noun
- (broadly) any of the diverse forms of interpersonal union established in various parts of the world to form a familial bond that is recognized legally, religiously, or socially, granting the participating partners mutual conjugal rights and responsibilities and including, for example, opposite-sex marriage, same-sex marriage, plural marriage, and arranged marriage:
Anthropologists say that some type of marriage has been found in every known human society since ancient times.
- Also called opposite-sex marriage. the form of this institution under which a man and a woman have established their decision to live as husband and wife by legal commitments, religious ceremonies, etc. traditional marriage ( def 2 ).
- this institution expanded to include two partners of the same gender, as in same-sex marriage gay marriage
- the state, condition, or relationship of being married; wedlock:
They have a happy marriage.
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- the legal or religious ceremony that formalizes the decision of two people to live as a married couple, including the accompanying social festivities:
to officiate at a marriage.
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- a relationship in which two people have pledged themselves to each other in the manner of a husband and wife, without legal sanction:
trial marriage.
- any close or intimate association or union:
the marriage of words and music in a hit song.
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- a formal agreement between two companies or enterprises to combine operations, resources, etc., for mutual benefit; merger.
- a blending or matching of different elements or components:
The new lipstick is a beautiful marriage of fragrance and texture.
- Cards. a meld of the king and queen of a suit, as in pinochle. Compare royal marriage.
- a piece of antique furniture assembled from components of two or more authentic pieces.
- Obsolete. the formal declaration or contract by which act a man and a woman join in wedlock.
marriage
/ 藞尘忙谤瑟诲萧 /
noun
- the state or relationship of living together in a legal partnership
- the legal union or contract made by two people to live together
- ( as modifier )
marriage certificate
marriage licence
- the religious or legal ceremony formalizing this union; wedding
- a close or intimate union, relationship, etc
a marriage of ideas
- (in certain card 亚洲网紅露点, such as bezique, pinochle) the king and queen of the same suit
Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms
- 苍辞苍路尘补谤顎价颈补驳别 noun
- 辫辞蝉迟路尘补谤顎价颈补驳别 noun adjective
- 辫谤别路尘补谤顎价颈补驳别 noun
- 辫谤辞路尘补谤顎价颈补驳别 adjective
- 谤别路尘补谤顎价颈补驳别 noun
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of marriage1
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of marriage1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
The former central banker responded with a firm but measured tone after the president proposed a "wonderful marriage" of incorporating Canada into the US.
Although marriage to more than one individual at a time is not legally recognized in the United States, Kody has called his relationships with the women 鈥渟piritual unions.鈥
鈥淚鈥檓 struggling with trusting people again because my heart has been broken,鈥 de Lesseps says, recalling her two marriages.
In the days leading up to the judge鈥檚 decision, Corby attends AA meetings, counseling sessions and frantically clings to his fraying marriage.
With his marriage to Evelyn, Mr Molala has informally adopted her children, bringing the total number of his offspring to 13.
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