Meaning of marriage | Babel Free

Definitions

1. matrimony (sacrament)
2. A surname
3. The state of being married.
   countable, uncountable
4. the form of marriage in which brothers have a common wife or wives. — adelphogamic, adj.
5. A union of two or more people that creates a family tie and carries legal, social, or religious rights and responsibilities.
   countable, uncountable
6. wedding (the ceremony)
7. the state or practice of being married to more than one wife or one husband at a time. — bigamist, n. — bigamous, adj.
8. The union of only two people, to the exclusion of all others.
   countable, sometimes, specifically, uncountable
9. The union of two people of opposite sex, to the exclusion of all others.
   countable, often, specifically, uncountable
10. married couple
11. the state of being single or unmarried, especially in the case of one bound by vows not to marry. — celibate, n., adj.
12. first-person singular present indicative of matrimoniar
13. A wedding; a ceremony in which people wed.
    countable, uncountable
14. an advocate of celibacy.
15. the practice of a married woman having an escort or cavalier, called a cicisbeo, in attendance.
    cicisbeo,
16. A close union.
    countable, figuratively, uncountable
17. digamism. — deuterogamist, n. — deuterogamous, adj.
18. A joining of two parts.
    countable, figuratively, uncountable
19. a second legal marriage after the termination of a first marriage by death or divorce. Also called deuterogamy. — digamist, n. — digamous, adj.
20. A king and a queen, when held as a hand in some versions of poker or melded in pinochle.
    countable, uncountable
21. the custom of marrying only within one’s tribe or similar social unit. — endogamic, endogamous, adj.
22. In solitaire or patience games, the placing a card of the same suit on the next one above or below it in value.
    countable, uncountable
23. a song or poem composed and performed in honor of a bride or groom.
24. A homosexual relationship between male prisoners.
    countable, slang, uncountable
25. the practice of marrying only outside one’s tribe or similar social unit. — exogamic, exogamous, adj.

Equivalents

Examples

“You should enter marriage for love.”

“By his marriage to his two wives, Tapuwae quietly strengthened all of the pas of the Wairoa district, as many of them came under his control through these unions.”

“One layman in Buddha's time decided to embrace celibacy and relinquished his marriage vows to his four wives. When he asked them what they wanted in terms of a settlement, one said, […]”

“The account of the loss of the blessing of his father Isaac appears immediately after Esau's marriage to his Hittite wives.”

“In an open marriage, the partners are free to have extramarital relationships or sex without betraying one another. Such a marriage is based on communication, trust, and respect, […]”

“Now can we eat? Marriages are arranged for whatever purpose is suitable. All this talk of undying love and childbearing squirms in my stomach like a worm that demands feeding.”

“My grandparents' marriage lasted for forty years.”

“Pat and Leslie's marriage to each other lasted forty years.”

“"I have a patient right now whose marriage proved to be a tragedy. She wanted love, sexual gratification, children, and social prestige; but life blasted all her hopes. Her husband didn't love her. He refused even to eat with her, and forced her to serve his meals in his room upstairs. She had no children, no social standing. She went insane; and, in her imagination, she divorced her husband and resumed her maiden name. She now believes she has married into the English aristocracy, and she insists on being called Lady Smith.”

“You are cordially invited to the marriage of James Smith and Jane Doe.”

“And this marriage of poetry and history remained a solid relationship throughout the classical period.”

“Above all, we will no longer have to feel qualms about the marriage of art and money. We will no longer have to wonder if it is possible to separate the esthetic value of an art work from its commercial value.”

“But the food is real: a marriage of local ingredients and serious technique.”

“That bitter rivalry -- between Thaksin's supporters, known as the Red Shirts, and the royalist elites, known as the Yellow Shirts -- has been a hallmark of politics for the past 20 years, with deadly street protests a common occurrence. Friday's announcement signals a surprise marriage between the two sides, with Ubolratana having the power to break that cycle.”

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