Definition of MARRIAGE

marriage

Plural: marriages

Noun

  • The legal union of two people as husband and wife.
  • the state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for life (or until divorce)
    • "a long and happy marriage"
  • two people who are married to each other
    • "his second marriage was happier than the first"
  • the act of marrying; the nuptial ceremony
    • "their marriage was conducted in the chapel"
  • a close and intimate union
    • "the marriage of music and dance"
    • "a marriage of ideas"
  • The state of being married.
  • A union of two or more people that creates a family tie and carries legal, social, and/or religious rights and responsibilities.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • A wedding; a ceremony in which people wed.
  • A close union.
  • A joining of two parts.
  • A king and a queen, when held as a hand in some versions of poker or melded in pinochle.
  • In solitaire or patience games, the placing a card of the same suit on the next one above or below it in value.
  • A homosexual relationship between male prisoners.

Examples

  • Their successful Words With Friends game felt like a perfect MARRIAGE of strategy and luck.
  • You are cordially invited to the marriage of James Smith and Jane Doe.
  • You should enter marriage for love.

Origin / 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.

Synonyms

man and wife, marriage ceremony, married couple, matrimony, spousal relationship, union, wedding, wedlock, civil union

Antonyms

divorce

Scrabble Score: 11

marriage: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
marriage: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
marriage: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 13

marriage: valid Words With Friends Word