marriage
IPA: mˈɛrɪdʒ
noun
- The state of being married.
- A union of two or more people that creates a family tie and carries legal, social, and/or religious rights and responsibilities.
- (sometimes specifically) The union of only two people, to the exclusion of all others.
- (often specifically) The union of two people of opposite sex, to the exclusion of all others.
- A wedding; a ceremony in which people wed.
- (figuratively) A close union.
- A joining of two parts.
- (card games) A king and a queen, when held as a hand in some versions of poker or melded in pinochle.
- (card games) In solitaire or patience games, the placing a card of the same suit on the next one above or below it in value.
- (prison slang) A homosexual relationship between male prisoners.
- A surname
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Examples of "marriage" in Sentences
- The couple's marriage was happy.
- In misyar marriage, the couple need not cohabit.
- It is the marriage that split the family and the mission.
- The marriage was unhappy and the couple separated in 1790.
- The couple has been in marriage counseling since the arrest.
- Despite the marriage, the devout couple took up a vow of chastity.
- The marriage was tempestuous and the couple separated in early 1966.
- The marriage was tenuous from the start and the couple fought frequently.
- The marriage is negotiated between the families of the bride and the groom.
- The marriage was noted for the extremely young age at which the two were wed.
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