Aure, kuma ana kiransa da matrimony ko daurin aure, ita ce haduwa tsakanin miji da mata wanda haduwar ke haifar da iko da wajabci a tsakanin ma'auratan, da kuma tsakaninsu da 'ya'yan da zasu Haifa ko su dauki riko ta hanyar wannan auren. Haviland, William A.; Prins, Harald E.L.; McBride, Bunny; Walrath, Dana (2011). Cultural Anthropology: The Human Challenge (13th ed.). Cengage Learning. ISBN 978-0-495-81178-7. "A nonethnocentric definition of marriage is a culturally sanctioned union between two or more people that establishes certain rights and obligations between the people, between them and their children, and between them and their in-laws."