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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun Marriage has 4 senses
- marriage(n = noun.state) matrimony, spousal relationship, union, wedlock - the state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for life (or until divorce); "a long and happy marriage"; "God bless this union" is a kind of marital status
- marriage(n = noun.group) man and wife, married couple - two people who are married to each other; "his second marriage was happier than the first"; "a married couple without love" is a kind of family, family unit
- marriage(n = noun.act) marriage ceremony, wedding - the act of marrying; the nuptial ceremony; "their marriage was conducted in the chapel" is a kind of rite, ritual
- marriage(n = noun.state) Array - a close and intimate union; "the marriage of music and dance"; "a marriage of ideas" is a kind of unification, union
has particulars: bigamy, common-law marriage, endogamy, inmarriage, intermarriage, exogamy, intermarriage, marriage of convenience, misalliance, monandry, monogamousness, monogamy, open marriage, cuckoldom, polygamy, sigeh
has particulars: mixed marriage
has particulars: bridal, espousal, civil marriage, love match, remarriage
Derived forms verb marry1, verb marry2
CIDE DICTIONARY
- 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. [1913 Webster]"Marriage is honorable in all." [1913 Webster]
- The marriage vow or contract. Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- A feast made on the occasion of a marriage. [1913 Webster]"The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain king which made a marriage for his son." [1913 Webster]
- Any intimate or close union. [1913 Webster]
- In pinochle, bézique, 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 . [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Syn. -- Matrimony; wedlock; wedding; nuptials.
OXFORD DICTIONARY
Marriage, n.
1 the legal union of a man and a woman in order to live together and often to have children.
2 an act or ceremony establishing this union.
3 one particular union of this kind (by a previous marriage).
4 an intimate union (the marriage of true minds).
5 Cards the union of a king and queen of the same suit.
1 the legal union of a man and a woman in order to live together and often to have children.
2 an act or ceremony establishing this union.
3 one particular union of this kind (by a previous marriage).
4 an intimate union (the marriage of true minds).
5 Cards the union of a king and queen of the same suit.
Idiom
by marriage as a result of a marriage (related by marriage). in marriage as husband or wife (give in marriage; take in marriage). marriage bureau an establishment arranging introductions between persons wishing to marry. marriage certificate a certificate certifying the completion of a marriage ceremony. marriage guidance counselling of couples who have problems in married life. marriage licence a licence to marry. marriage lines Brit. a marriage certificate. marriage of convenience a marriage concluded to achieve some practical purpose, esp. financial or political. marriage settlement an arrangement securing property between spouses.
Etymology
ME f. OF mariage f. marier MARRY(1)
DEVIL DICTIONARY
Marriage
n. The state or condition of a community consisting of a master, a mistress and two slaves, making in all, two.THESAURUS
Marriage
Anschluss, Gretna Green wedding, addition, affiliation, agglomeration, agglutination, aggregation, agreement, alliance, amalgamation, 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, 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, yokingROGET THESAURUS
Marriage
Marriage
N marriage, matrimony, wedlock, union, intermarriage, miscegenation, the bonds of marriage, vinculum matrimonii, nuptial tie, married state, coverture, bed, cohabitation, match, betrothment, wedding, nuptials, Hymen, bridal, espousals, spousals, leading to the altar, nuptial benediction, epithalamium, sealing, torch of Hymen, temple of Hymen, hymeneal altar, honeymoon, bridesmaid, bridesman, best man, bride, bridegroom, married man, married woman, married couple, neogamist, Benedict, partner, spouse, mate, yokemate, husband, man, consort, baron, old man, good man, wife of one's bosom, helpmate, rib, better half, gray mare, old woman, old lady, good wife, goodwife, feme, feme coverte, squaw, lady, matron, matronage, matronhood, man and wife, wedded pair, Darby and Joan, spiritual wife, monogamy, bigamy, digamy, deuterogamy, trigamy, polygamy, mormonism, levirate, spiritual wifery, spiritual wifeism, polyandrism, Turk, bluebeard, unlawful marriage, left-handed marriage, morganatic marriage, ill- assorted marriage, mesalliance, mariage de convenance, marriage broker, matrimonial agency, matrimonial agent, matrimonial bureau, matchmaker, schatchen, married, one, one bone and one flesh, marriageable, nubile, engaged, betrothed, affianced, matrimonial, marital, conjugal, connubial, wedded, nuptial, hymeneal, spousal, bridal, the gray mare the better horse, a world-without-end bargain, marriages are made in Heaven, render me worthy of this noble wife, si qua voles apte nubere nube pari.
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