marriage
//ˈmæɹɪd͡ʒ//
Forms
- Plural
- marriages
Definitions
1.The state of being married.
- You should enter marriage for love.
2.A union of two or more people that creates a family tie and carries legal, social, or religious rights and responsibilities.
- My grandparents' marriage lasted for forty years.
- Pat and Leslie's marriage to each other lasted forty years.
- The account of the loss of the blessing of his father Isaac appears immediately after Esau's marriage to his Hittite wives.
3.A wedding; a ceremony in which people wed.
- You are cordially invited to the marriage of James Smith and Jane Doe.
4.A close union.
- But the food is real: a marriage of local ingredients and serious technique.
- And this marriage of poetry and history remained a solid relationship throughout the classical period.
Frequency
Overall
Common· #1006
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Uncommon
- General reading & writing
- Common
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
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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.