Marriage Definition
mărĭj
marriages
noun
marriages
The legal union of a man and woman as husband and wife, and in some jurisdictions, between two persons of the same sex, usually entailing legal obligations of each person to the other.
American Heritage
A similar union of more than two people; a polygamous marriage.
American Heritage
A union between persons that is recognized by custom or religious tradition as a marriage.
American Heritage
The rite or form used in marrying.
Webster's New World
The state of being married; relation between spouses; married life; wedlock; matrimony.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
- alliance
- compatibility
- comradeship
- intimacy
- holy matrimony
- wedded bliss
- wedded state
- nuptial knot
- nuptial tie
- match
- union
- wedlock
- connubiality
- conjugality
- matrimony
Other Word Forms of Marriage
Noun
Singular:
marriage
Plural:
marriagesOrigin of Marriage
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From Middle English, from Old French mariage, from marier (“to marry"), from Latin marito (“to marry", literally “give in marriage"), from maritus (“lover", “nuptial"), from mas (“male, masculine, of the male sex"). Equivalent to marry +"Ž -age.
From Wiktionary
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Middle English mariage from Old French from marier to marry marry1
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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