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Praetexta :: Praetexta (n.) A white robe with a purple border, worn by a Roman boy before he was entitled to wear the toga virilis, or until about the completion of his fourteenth year, and by girls until their marriage. It was also worn by magistrates and priests..

Buckle :: Buckle (n.) To join in marriage.

Kindred :: Kindred (n.) Relatives by blood or marriage, more properly the former; relations; persons related to each other..

Clandestine :: Clandestine (a.) Conducted with secrecy; withdrawn from public notice, usually for an evil purpose; kept secret; hidden; private; underhand; as, a clandestine marriage..

Polygamy :: Polygamy (n.) The having of a plurality of wives or husbands at the same time; usually, the marriage of a man to more than one woman, or the practice of having several wives, at the same time; -- opposed to monogamy; as, the nations of the East practiced polygamy. See the Note under Bigamy, and cf. Polyandry..

Demography :: Demography (n.) The study of races, as to births, marriages, mortality, health, etc..

Contraction :: Contraction (n.) A marriage contract.

Stepstone :: Stepson (n.) A son of one's husband or wife by a former marriage.

Espousal :: Espousal (n.) The act of espousing or betrothing; especially, in the plural, betrothal; plighting of the troths; a contract of marriage; sometimes, the marriage ceremony..

Subarytenoid :: Subarration (n.) The ancient custom of betrothing by the bestowal, on the part of the man, of marriage gifts or tokens, as money, rings, or other presents, upon the woman..

Stepson :: Stepsister (n.) A daughter of one's stepfather or stepmother by a former marriage.

Hymenean :: Hymenean (n.) Of or pertaining to marriage; as, hymeneal rites..

Authorize :: Authorize (v. t.) To make legal; to give legal sanction to; to legalize; as, to authorize a marriage..

Antenuptial :: Antenuptial (a.) Preceding marriage; as, an antenuptial agreement..

Dismarry :: Dismarry (v. t.) To free from the bonds of marriage; to divorce.

Eligibility :: Eligibility (n.) The quality of being eligible; eligibleness; as, the eligibility of a candidate; the eligibility of an offer of marriage..

Wedlock :: Wedlock (v. t.) To marry; to unite in marriage; to wed.

Affinity :: Affinity (n.) Relationship by marriage (as between a husband and his wife's blood relations, or between a wife and her husband's blood relations); -- in contradistinction to consanguinity, or relationship by blood; -- followed by with, to, or between..

Betroth :: Betroth (v. t.) To contract to any one for a marriage; to engage or promise in order to marriage; to affiance; -- used esp. of a woman.

Connection :: Connection (n.) A relation; esp. a person connected with another by marriage rather than by blood; -- used in a loose and indefinite, and sometimes a comprehensive, sense..

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