Main Entry: mar·riage
>Pronunciation: 'mer-ij, 'ma-rij
>Function: noun
>Etymology: Middle English mariage, from Anglo-French, from marier to >marry
>1 a (1) : the state of being united to a person of the opposite sex as
>husband or wife in a consensual and contractual relationship recognized
>by law (2) : the state of being united to a person of the same sex in a
>relationship like that of a traditional marriage b
>: the mutual relation of married persons : WEDLOCK c : the institution
>whereby individuals are joined in a marriage
>2 : an act of marrying or the rite by which the married status is
>effected; especially : the wedding ceremony and attendant festivities >or formalities
>3 : an intimate or close union J. T. Shawcross>
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