MARRIAGE
\mˈaɹɪd͡ʒ], \mˈaɹɪdʒ], \m_ˈa_ɹ_ɪ_dʒ]\
Definitions of MARRIAGE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 2010 - Legal Glossary Database
- 2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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two people who are married to each other; "his second marriage was happier than the first"; "a married couple without love"
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the state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for life (or until divorce); "a long and happy marriage"; "God bless this union"
By Princeton University
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two people who are married to each other; "his second marriage was happier than the first"; "a married couple without love"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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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.
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The marriage vow or contract.
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A feast made on the occasion of a marriage.
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Any intimate or close union.
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In bezique, 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.
By Oddity Software
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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.
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The marriage vow or contract.
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A feast made on the occasion of a marriage.
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Any intimate or close union.
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In bezique, 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.
By Noah Webster.
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The legal union of two people. Once a couple is married, their rights and responsibilities toward one another concerning property and support are defined by the laws of the state in which they live. A marriage can only be terminated by a court granting a divorce or annulment. Compare common law marriage.
By Oddity Software
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The social institution involving legal and/or religious sanction whereby men and women are joined together for the purpose of founding a family unit.
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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The act of legally unlting a man and woman in wedlock; the wedding ceremony; the state of being wedded; the relation existing between husband and wife.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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The ceremony by which a man and woman become husband and wife: the union of a man and woman as husband and wife.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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The legal union of a man and woman as husband and wife; wedlock; a marriage ceremony; intimate union. Marriage-articles, the contract or agreement on which a marriage is founded. Marriage-favours, knots of white ribbons, or bunches of white flowers, worn at weddings. Marriage-licence, licence to marry without proclamation of banns.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
