Marriage. Also: the marriage vow.
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| 释义 | society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > action or fact of marrying > [noun] (27) eeOE Marriage. Also: the marriage vow. weddingc1000 The action of marrying; marriage, espousal. Chiefly gerundial. †Also, the married state, wedlock, matrimony (obsolete). wivingOE The action of taking a wife; marriage to a woman. Also: an instance of this. contractc1315 spec. as to marriage. The act whereby two persons take each other in marriage. marriagec1325 The action, or an act, of getting married; the procedure by which two people are married. matrimony1357 The rite or sacrament of marriage; the action of marrying. unionc1475 The joining of one person to another in matrimony; an instance or occasion of this; a marriage. maritagec1478 Marriage. rare. briding1566 The action or fact of being or becoming a bride; marriage. espousal1566 The action of marrying or (esp.) becoming engaged to someone (cf. espouse, v. 1); the action of arranging the marriage or betrothal of one person… match1574 The action of marrying; relationship by marriage. by match: as a result of a marriage. Obsolete. intermarriage1579 The action or fact of intermarrying; union in or connection by marriage. Of two persons, or of one person with another. Now only in legal… despousing1609 espousement1623 The action of espousing someone or something; = espousal, n. (in various senses). nuptial1630 Matrimony. Obsolete. rare. coupling1641 Joining in couples, pairing; linking: see the verb. splice1830 slang. Union by marriage; a marriage; a wedding. intermarrying1843 contraction1885 The action of contracting or of establishing by contract; spec. the action of contracting marriage; †also, betrothal (obsolete). yokemating1891 the action or fact of marrying; a marriage. Subcategories:— one who (2) — giving in marriage (1) — connecting by marriage (2) — settling (down) in marriage (2) |
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