Meaning

The state of being married..

Definitions by Sense

1. The state of being married.
2. A union of two or more people that creates a family tie and carries legal, social, or religious rights and responsibilities.
3. A wedding; a ceremony in which people wed.
4. (figuratively) A close union.
5. (figuratively) A joining of two parts.
6. (card games) A king and a queen, when held as a hand in some versions of poker or melded in pinochle.
7. (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.
8. (prison slang) A homosexual relationship between male prisoners.

Example Sentences

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.

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

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

Word Forms

• marriages
• mariage

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Use marriage when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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