marriage
Meaning
n 1: the state of being a married couple voluntarily joined forlife (or until divorce); "a long and happy marriage";
"God bless this union" [syn: matrimony, union, spousal
relationship, wedlock]
2: two people who are married to each other; "his second
marriage was happier than the first"; "a married couple
without love" [syn: married couple, man and wife]
3: the act of marrying; the nuptial ceremony; "their marriage
was conducted in the chapel" [syn: wedding, marriage
ceremony]
4: a close and intimate union; "the marriage of music and
dance"; "a marriage of ideas"