Confarreate vs. Marriage

Describing a form of Ancient Roman marriage solemnized with cakes made of far (spelt).

The state of being married.

Example: ‘You should enter marriage for love.’;

A union of two or more people that creates a family tie and carries legal, social, and/or religious rights and responsibilities.

(often specifically) The union of only two people, to the exclusion of all others.

Example: ‘My grandparents' marriage lasted for forty years.’; ‘Pat and Leslie's marriage to each other lasted forty years.’;

The union of two people of opposite sex, to the exclusion of all others.

A wedding; a ceremony in which people wed.

Example: ‘You are cordially invited to the marriage of James Smith and Jane Doe.’;

(figuratively) A close union.

A joining of two parts.

(card games) A king and a queen, when held as a hand in Texas hold 'em 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.

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.

Example: ‘Marriage is honorable in all.’;

The marriage vow or contract.

A feast made on the occasion of a marriage.

Example: ‘The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain king which made a marriage for his son.’;

Any intimate or close union.

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.

the state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for life (or until divorce);

Example: ‘a long and happy marriage’; ‘God bless this union’;

two people who are married to each other;

Example: ‘his second marriage was happier than the first’; ‘a married couple without love’;

the act of marrying; the nuptial ceremony;

Example: ‘their marriage was conducted in the chapel’;

a close and intimate union;

Example: ‘the marriage of music and dance’; ‘a marriage of ideas’;

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)

Example: ‘the children from his first marriage’; ‘a happy marriage’; ‘marriage vows’;

the state of being married

Example: ‘they were celebrating 50 years of marriage’;

a combination or mixture of elements

Example: ‘her music is a marriage of funk, jazz, and hip-hop’;

(in bezique and other card games) a combination of a king and queen of the same suit.

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.