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Marriage

noun

The state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for life (or until divorce). Synonyms: matrimony, spousal relationship, union, wedlock. "God bless this union"

Two people who are married to each other. Synonyms: man and wife, married couple. "A married couple without love"

The act of marrying; the nuptial ceremony. Synonyms: marriage ceremony, wedding.

A close and intimate union. "A marriage of ideas"

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... she said. "No one but Mrs. Mabyn and he and I know of the marriage. There were many reasons—and complicated ones. I do wish to be frank with you; but I scarcely know how to explain. Only one thing is clear to me; I had to come; or ...

— Two on the Trail - A Story of the Far Northwest • Hulbert Footner

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... engagement was broken, and she was betrothed a year later to a member of the Pico family, and married to him by proxy at the age of fourteen. But this match not satisfying her own or her father's ambition, the marriage by proxy was, upon some pretext, declared null, and the suit encouraged of the Duke of Stimigliano, a great Umbrian feudatory of the Orsini family. But the bridegroom, Giovanfrancesco Pico, refused to submit, pleaded his case before ...

— Hauntings • Vernon Lee

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... others, such as Marcion, were noted for their ascetic strictness. All the more respectable Gnostics appear to have recommended themselves to public confidence by the austerity of their discipline. They enjoined rigorous fasting, and inculcated abstinence from wine, flesh-meat, and marriage. The Oriental theology, as well as the Platonic philosophy, sanctioned such a mode of living; and, therefore, those by whom it was practised were in a favourable position for gaining the public ear when they ...

— The Ancient Church - Its History, Doctrine, Worship, and Constitution • W.D. [William Dool] Killen

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... with much pleasure that I receive the congratulations of the Representatives of my People, upon the contemplated event of my marriage. Your voice is that of the Nation speaking through its Representatives, and it is a great satisfaction to me to have your approval of the important step I am ...

— Speeches of His Majesty Kamehameha IV. To the Hawaiian Legislature • Kamehameha IV

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... "Polyolbion," 15th Song, represents the Naiads engaged in twining garlands for the marriage of Tame and ...

— The plant-lore & garden-craft of Shakespeare • Henry Nicholson Ellacombe

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