noun
the state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for life (or until divorce)
-
a long and happy marriage
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God bless this union
• Derivationally related forms: ↑matrimonial (for: ↑matrimony)
• Topics: ↑law, ↑jurisprudence
• Hypernyms: ↑marital status
• Hyponyms:
↑bigamy, ↑common-law marriage, ↑endogamy, ↑intermarriage, ↑inmarriage, ↑exogamy, ↑marriage of convenience, ↑misalliance, ↑monandry, ↑monogamy, ↑monogamousness, ↑open marriage, ↑cuckoldom, ↑polygamy, ↑sigeh
Useful english dictionary. 2012.