marriage: meaning and definitions

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What is marriage?

What is marriage?

  • The legal union of a man and woman as husband and wife.
  • The state of being married; wedlock.
  • A common-law marriage.
  • A union between two persons having the customary but usually not the legal force of marriage: a same-sex marriage.
  • A wedding.
  • A close union: "the most successful marriage of beauty and blood in mainstream comics” ( Lloyd Rose).
  • Games The combination of the king and queen of the same suit, as in pinochle.

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