Definition of Marriage

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Marriage

The act of marrying, or the state of being married; legal union of a man and a woman for life, as husband and wife; wedlock; matrimony.

The marriage vow or contract.

A feast made on the occasion of a marriage.

Any intimate or close union.

In bezique, penuchle, and similar games at cards, the combination of a king and queen of the same suit. If of the trump suit, it is called a royal marriage.

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Marriage Quotations

Before marriage, a girl has to make love to a man to hold him. After marriage, she has to hold him to make love to him.
Marilyn Monroe

I opposed the Defense of Marriage Act in 1996. It should be repealed and I will vote for its repeal on the Senate floor. I will also oppose any proposal to amend the U.S. Constitution to ban gays and lesbians from marrying.
Barack Obama

Wit is the sudden marriage of ideas which before their union were not perceived to have any relation.
Mark Twain

Marriage is neither heaven nor hell, it is simply purgatory.
Abraham Lincoln

There is, hidden or flaunted, a sword between the sexes till an entire marriage reconciles them.
C. S. Lewis

I don't think that a same-sex marriage is the way God intended it to be.
Joel Osteen

Where there's marriage without love, there will be love without marriage.
Benjamin Franklin

Keep your eyes wide open before marriage, half shut afterwards.
Benjamin Franklin

Marriage is the most natural state of man, and... the state in which you will find solid happiness.
Benjamin Franklin

The heart of marriage is memories; and if the two of you happen to have the same ones and can savor your reruns, then your marriage is a gift from the gods.
Bill Cosby

Marriage Translations

marriage in Afrikaans is huwelik
marriage in Dutch is huwelijk, echt, echtverbintenis
marriage in French is mariage
marriage in German is Heirat, Heirat, Ehe
marriage in Italian is sposalizio, sposalizio, matrimonio
marriage in Latin is matrimonium
marriage in Norwegian is ekteskap
marriage in Spanish is casamiento, matrimonio, casamiento

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