Confarreateadjective
Describing a form of Ancient Roman marriage solemnized with cakes made of far (spelt).
Marriagenoun
The state of being married.
Marriagenoun
A union of two or more people that creates a family tie and carries legal, social, and/or religious rights and responsibilities.
Marriagenoun
(often specifically) The union of only two people, to the exclusion of all others.
Marriagenoun
The union of two people of opposite sex, to the exclusion of all others.
Marriagenoun
A wedding; a ceremony in which people wed.
Marriagenoun
(figuratively) A close union.
Marriagenoun
A joining of two parts.
Marriagenoun
(card games) A king and a queen, when held as a hand in Texas hold 'em or melded in pinochle.
Marriagenoun
(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.
Marriagenoun
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.
Marriagenoun
Any intimate or close union.
Marriagenoun
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.
Marriagenoun
the state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for life (or until divorce);
Marriagenoun
two people who are married to each other;
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the act of marrying; the nuptial ceremony;
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a close and intimate union;
Marriagenoun
the legally or formally recognized union of two people as partners in a personal relationship (historically and in some jurisdictions specifically a union between a man and a woman)
Marriagenoun
the state of being married
Marriagenoun
a combination or mixture of elements
Marriagenoun
(in bezique and other card games) a combination of a king and queen of the same suit.
Marriage
Marriage, also called matrimony or wedlock is a culturally recognized union between people called spouses. It establishes rights and obligations between them, as well as between them and their children, and between them and their in-laws.