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marriage
  1. The state of being married. [from 14th c.]
  2. A union of two or more people that creates a family tie and carries legal, social, and/or religious rights and responsibilities. [from 14th c.]
    1. (often specifically) The union of only two people, to the exclusion of all others.
  3. A wedding; a ceremony in which people wed. [from 14th c.]
  4. (figuratively) A close union. [from 15th c.]
  5. A joining of two parts.
  6. (card game) A king and a queen, when held as a hand in Texas hold 'em or melded in pinochle.
  7. (card game) In solitaire or patience games, the placing a card of the same suit on the next one above or below it in value.
  8. Synonyms:
  9. Examples:
    1. “It was then that I wrote to Don's mother to tell her about our recent marriage in Las Vegas.”
      “Tomorrow is the day that your parents will celebrate their 50 years of marriage.”
      “His unique marriage of African music and Christian gospel has prompted legendary artists, like Paul Simon, to record with the group.”
maritage
  1. The right of the feudal lords to arrange and dispose of marriages of their vassals.
  2. The property bought by the couple upon their marriage under the feudal customs.
  3. The fine paid by the vassal to the feudal lord for failing to follow his maritage decision.
matrimony
  1. Marriage; the state of being married.
  2. The ceremony of marriage.
  3. A particular solitaire card game using two decks of cards.
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  5. Examples:
    1. “Many thousands of couples were joined in matrimony during communal ceremonies.”
      “But the fact is, these plans do equate gay liaisons with the honourable estate of matrimony.”
      “The cord symbolises the love and friendship, that binds the couple, the figure eight shape represents the infinite nature of matrimony.”
matrimonial
  1. A classified advertisement describing an individual who wishes to find a marriage partner.
marriageability
  1. The condition of being marriageable.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Intellectual pursuits were considered as threatening a girl's femininity and potential marriageability.”
      “They kept it quiet because they thought it could affect the marriageability of other women in the family.”
      “Circumcision is a way of protecting propriety, morality, and marriageability.”
marriedness
  1. The quality of being, or seeming, married.
matrimoine
  1. Obsolete form of matrimony.
marriageableness
  1. marriageability
  2. Examples:
    1. “A woman may have every quality or attribute of marriageableness who menstruates irregularly, or rarely, or even who has never menstruated at all.”
marryage
  1. Obsolete form of marriage.
marriageable
  1. One who is suitable for marriage.
marrying
married
  1. A married person.
marriageables
  1. plural of marriageable
matrimonials
  1. plural of matrimonial
matrimonies
marryages
  1. plural of marryage
maritages
  1. plural of maritage
marriages
  1. plural of marriage
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Five young Asians told us how they are adopting the tradition of arranged marriages to suit their modern needs.”
      “It has come out of the real situation that I see around me, where marriages are failing.”
      “In our puritanical world, where marriages were arranged, romance was off limits.”
marryings
marrieds
  1. plural of married
  2. Examples:
    1. “Like Bridget, I tend not to want the relationships that the smug marrieds are in and I like to assume that my smug married friends are miserable.”
      “Louise and David are young marrieds who, after losing their first child, are afraid to commit to their new baby.”
      “And beware of smug marrieds who make you feel bad and fearful if you're single and in your thirties.”
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