marriage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmæɹ.ɪd͡ʒ/
enpr: mărʹĭj
note: without the Mary–marry–merry merger
ipa: /ˈmæɹ.ɪd͡ʒ/
note: Mary–marry–merry merger
ipa: /ˈmɛɹ.ɪd͡ʒ/
note: Mary–marry–merry merger
ipa: /ˈmeɹ.ɪd͡ʒ/
note: Indic
ipa: /maredʒ/
rhymes: -æɹɪdʒ
Forms: form: marriages
form: mariage
Etymology: From Middle English mariage, from Old French mariage, from marier (“to marry”), from Latin marītō (“marry”, verb, literally “give in marriage”), from marītus (“lover”, “nuptial”), from mas (“male, masculine, of the male sex”). Equivalent to marry + -age. Doublet of maritage. Displaced native Old English sinsċipe.
Senses: examples: text: You should enter marriage for love.
glosses: The state of being married.
examples: text: By his marriage to his two wives, Tapuwae quietly strengthened all of the pas of the Wairoa district, as many of them came under his control through these unions.
ref: 1944, Tiaki Hikawera Mitira, Takitimu, page 123
text: One layman in Buddha's time decided to embrace celibacy and relinquished his marriage vows to his four wives. When he asked them what they wanted in terms of a settlement, one said, […]
ref: 1990, John Stevens, Lust for enlightenment: Buddhism and sex
text: The account of the loss of the blessing of his father Isaac appears immediately after Esau's marriage to his Hittite wives.
ref: 1995, Edith Deen, All of the women of the Bible, page 275
text: In an open marriage, the partners are free to have extramarital relationships or sex without betraying one another. Such a marriage is based on communication, trust, and respect, […]
ref: 2009, Charles Zastrow, Introduction to Social Work and Social Welfare: Empowering People, →ISBN, page 30:
text: Now can we eat? Marriages are arranged for whatever purpose is suitable. All this talk of undying love and childbearing squirms in my stomach like a worm that demands feeding.
ref: 2013, David Gilman, Master of War
glosses: A union of two or more people that creates a family tie and carries legal, social, and/or religious rights and responsibilities.
examples: text: "I have a patient right now whose marriage proved to be a tragedy. She wanted love, sexual gratification, children, and social prestige; but life blasted all her hopes. Her husband didn't love her. He refused even to eat with her, and forced her to serve his meals in his room upstairs. She had no children, no social standing. She went insane; and, in her imagination, she divorced her husband and resumed her maiden name. She now believes she has married into the English aristocracy, and she insists on being called Lady Smith.
ref: 1936, Dale Carnegie, “Part 1, Chapter 2. THE BIG SECRET OF DEALING WITH PEOPLE”, in How to Win Friends and Influence People, page 42:
text: My grandparents' marriage lasted for forty years.
text: Pat and Leslie's marriage to each other lasted forty years.
glosses: A union of two or more people that creates a family tie and carries legal, social, and/or religious rights and responsibilities.
The union of only two people, to the exclusion of all others.
glosses: A union of two or more people that creates a family tie and carries legal, social, and/or religious rights and responsibilities.
The union of two people of opposite sex, to the exclusion of all others.
examples: text: You are cordially invited to the marriage of James Smith and Jane Doe.
glosses: A wedding; a ceremony in which people wed.
examples: text: And this marriage of poetry and history remained a solid relationship throughout the classical period.
ref: 2000, Edmund E. Jacobitti, “The Classical Heritage in Machiavelli's Histories”, in Vickie B. Sullivan, editor, The comedy and tragedy of Machiavelli: essays on the literary works, page 181:
text: Above all, we will no longer have to feel qualms about the marriage of art and money. We will no longer have to wonder if it is possible to separate the esthetic value of an art work from its commercial value.
ref: 2003, Paul Mattick, Art in its time: theories and practices of modern aesthetics, page 105:
text: But the food is real: a marriage of local ingredients and serious technique.
ref: 2006 August 9, Amy Scattergood, A wild dream in the wild, published in the Los Angeles Times, republished in 2009 in The Big Sur Bakery Cookbook: A Year in the Life of a Restaurant (by Michelle and Phillip Wojtowicz and Michael Gilson with Catherine Price), on the cover
text: That bitter rivalry -- between Thaksin's supporters, known as the Red Shirts, and the royalist elites, known as the Yellow Shirts -- has been a hallmark of politics for the past 20 years, with deadly street protests a common occurrence. Friday's announcement signals a surprise marriage between the two sides, with Ubolratana having the power to break that cycle.
ref: 2019 February 8, Kocha Olarn, Helen Regan, “This princess could be the next prime minister of Thailand”, in CNN International Edition, Cable News Network, retrieved 08 Feb 2019:
glosses: A close union.
glosses: A joining of two parts.
topics: card-games
games
glosses: A king and a queen, when held as a hand in some versions of poker or melded in pinochle.
topics: card-games
games
glosses: In solitaire or patience games, the placing a card of the same suit on the next one above or below it in value.
glosses: A homosexual relationship between male prisoners.
Synonyms: matrimony
wedding
civil union
Hyponyms: wedlease
Derived terms: word: anal marriage
word: antimarriage
word: arranged marriage
word: ask for someone's hand in marriage
word: banns of marriage
word: bisexual marriage
word: Boston marriage
word: brokeback marriage
word: celestial marriage
word: celestial plural marriage
word: ceremonial marriage
word: child marriage
word: civil marriage
word: common-law marriage
word: commuter marriage
word: companionate marriage
word: consanguine marriage
word: consummate marriage
word: customary marriage
word: cybermarriage
word: defend marriage
word: earthly marriage
word: equal marriage
word: eternal marriage
word: extramarriage
word: fag marriage
word: faggot marriage
word: Fleet marriage
word: frank-marriage
word: gay marriage
word: ghost marriage
word: group marriage
word: heavenly marriage
word: hedge marriage
word: hetero marriage
word: heteromarriage
word: hetero-marriage
alt: or homomarriage, homo-marriage
word: homo marriage
word: homosexual marriage
word: informal marriage
word: inmarriage
english: or inter-marriage
translation: or inter-marriage
word: intermarriage
word: intra-marriage
word: intramarriage
word: jactitation of marriage
word: Josephite marriage
word: lavender marriage
word: levirate marriage
word: line marriage
word: love marriage
word: marriageability
word: marriageable
word: ~ness
word: marriageably
word: marriage agency
word: marriage agent
word: marriage bed
word: marriage broker
word: marriage bureau
word: marriage by cohabitation with habit and repute
word: m. by habit and repute
word: marriage certificate
word: marriage counselling
word: counseling
word: marriage counsellor
word: counselor
word: marriage encounter
word: marriage equality
word: marriage finger
word: marriage guidance
word: marriage-industrial complex
word: marriage inequality
word: marriageless
word: marriage licence
word: license
word: marriagelike
word: marriage line
word: marriage lines
word: marriage lite
word: marriage of convenience
word: marriage penalty
word: marriage-portion
word: marriage ring
word: marriage stone
word: marriage string
word: marriage value
word: marriage vow
word: midmarriage
word: mismarriage
word: mixed marriage
word: mop marriage
word: morganatic marriage
word: multilateral marriage
word: mystical marriage
word: natural marriage
word: nonmarriage
word: open marriage
word: outmarriage
word: plural marriage
word: posthumous marriage
english: or post-marriage
translation: or post-marriage
word: postmarriage
alt: or pre-marriage
word: premarriage
word: propose marriage
word: proxy marriage
word: pseudomarriage
word: pseudo-marriage
word: putative marriage
word: remarriage
word: republican marriage
word: royal marriage
word: same-gender marriage
word: same-sex marriage
word: sham marriage
word: shim-pua marriage
word: shotgun marriage
word: sororate marriage
word: spirit marriage
word: stable marriage problem
word: starter marriage
word: suspended marriage
word: temple marriage
word: traditional marriage
word: transgender marriage
word: unmarriage
word: unmarriageability
word: unmarriageable
word: walking marriage
word: white marriage
word: work marriage
word: yogic marriage
Related terms: marry
adelphogamy
bigamy
cohabitation
divorce
matrimony
monogamy
one flesh
polyandry
polygamy
polygyny
wedding
group marriage