civil partnership
noun /ˌsɪvl ˈpɑːtnəʃɪp/
/ˌsɪvl ˈpɑːrtnərʃɪp/
(British English) (North American English civil union)
- (in some countries) a legal relationship between two people of the same sex, with the same legal status as marriageTopics Life stagesc1Oxford Collocations DictionaryCivil partnership is used before these nouns:
- ceremony