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##*: "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.
##*: "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.
##: ''My grandparents' '''marriage''' lasted for forty years.''
##: ''My sister wants to wait until '''marriage''' before losing her virginity.''
##: ''Pat and Leslie's '''marriage''' to each other lasted forty years.''
## {{context|sometimes specifically|lang=en}} The [[union]] of one man and one woman, to the exclusion of all others.
## {{context|sometimes specifically|lang=en}} The [[union]] of one man and one woman, to the exclusion of all others.
# A [[wedding]]; a ceremony in which people [[wed]]. {{defdate|from 14th c.<ref name="etymonline"></ref>}}
# A [[wedding]]; a ceremony in which people [[wed]]. {{defdate|from 14th c.<ref name="etymonline"></ref>}}

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English

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Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French (deprecated template usage) mariage,[1] from (deprecated template usage) marier,[2][3] from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin (deprecated template usage) marito (literally “give in marriage”), from (deprecated template usage) maritus, from (deprecated template usage) mas.[4] Equivalent to Lua error in Module:languages/errorGetBy at line 16: Please specify a language or etymology language code in the first parameter; the value "marry" is not valid (see Wiktionary:List of languages)..[3]

Pronunciation

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Noun

marriage (plural marriages)

  1. The state of being married. [from 14th c.[5]]
    You should enter marriage for love.
  2. A union of two or more people that creates a family tie and carries legal and/or social rights and responsibilities. [from 14th c.[5]]
    • 1944, Tiaki Hikawera Mitira, Takitimu, page 123:
      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.
    • 1990, John Stevens, Lust for enlightenment: Buddhism and sex:
      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, […]
    • 1995, Edith Deen, All of the women of the Bible, page 275:
      The account of the loss of the blessing of his father Isaac appears immediately after Esau's marriage to his Hittite wives.
    • 2009, Charles Zastrow, Introduction to Social Work and Social Welfare: Empowering People (ISBN 0495809527), page 30:
      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, […]
    1. (deprecated template usage) (often specifically) The union of any two people, to the exclusion of all others.
      • Lua error in Module:quote at line 2659: Parameter 1 is required.
        "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.
      My sister wants to wait until marriage before losing her virginity.
    2. (deprecated template usage) (sometimes specifically) The union of one man and one woman, to the exclusion of all others.
  3. A wedding; a ceremony in which people wed. [from 14th c.[5]]
    You are cordially invited to the marriage of James Smith and Jane Doe.
  4. (deprecated template usage) (figuratively) A close union. [from 15th c.[5]]
    • 2000, Edmund E. Jacobitti, The Classical Heritage in Machiavelli's Histories, in The comedy and tragedy of Machiavelli: essays on the literary works (edited by Vickie B. Sullivan), page 181:
      And this marriage of poetry and history remained a solid relationship throughout the classical period.
    • 2003, Paul Mattick, Art in its time: theories and practices of modern aesthetics, page 105:
      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.
    • 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:
      But the food is real: a marriage of local ingredients and serious technique.
  5. A joining of two parts.
  6. (deprecated template usage) (card games) A king and a queen, when held as a hand in Texas hold 'em or melded in pinochle.
  7. (deprecated template usage) (card games) In solitaire or patience games, the placing a card of the same suit on the next one above or below it in value.

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Translations

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See also

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References

  1. ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “marriage”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
  2. ^ “marriage”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 “marriage”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
  4. ^ http://www.myetymology.com/english/marriage.html
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 "marriage" - Online Etymology Dictionary, Douglas Harper, accessed on 2012-04-11

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