| 单词 | covenant marriage |
| 释义 | > as lemmascovenant marriage covenant marriage n. U.S. a marriage based on one of several types of voluntary pre-nuptial contract (differing from state to state, and only available in some), which typically has provisions making divorce difficult, and often requires pre-marital counselling. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > a marriage > [noun] > other types Westminster wedding1660 customary marriage1871 hierogamy1882 companionate1924 companionate marriage1925 customary union1927 plaçage1937 gay marriage1957 open marriage1972 covenant marriage1990 1990 Orlando Sentinel 17 Mar. a7/1 The..proposal would allow men and women who have signed an agreement and engaged in pre-marital counseling to enter into lifetime ‘covenant marriages’. They could not get divorced unless one of the spouses committed adultery. 2000 P. A. Cain Rainbow Rights viii. 245 Louisiana has recently enacted a covenant marriage law as an alternative to the existing law, and other states, including Iowa, are considering such statutes. < as lemmas |
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