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Marriage :: Marriage (v. t.) A feast made on the occasion of a marriage.

Registrar :: Registrar (n.) One who registers; a recorder; a keeper of records; as, a registrar of births, deaths, and marriages. See Register, n., 3..

Dowry :: Dowry (n.) The money, goods, or estate, which a woman brings to her husband in marriage; a bride's portion on her marriage. See Note under Dower..

Intermarriage :: Intermarriage (n.) Connection by marriage; reciprocal marriage; giving and taking in marriage, as between two families, tribes, castes, or nations..

Diana :: Diana (n.) The daughter of Jupiter and Latona; a virgin goddess who presided over hunting, chastity, and marriage; -- identified with the Greek goddess Artemis..

Fidelity :: Fidelity (n.) Adherence to the marriage contract.

Morganatic :: Morganatic (a.) Pertaining to, in the manner of, or designating, a kind of marriage, called also left-handed marriage, between a man of superior rank and a woman of inferior, in which it is stipulated that neither the latter nor her children shall enjoy the rank or inherit the possessions of her husband..

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

Dote :: Dote (n.) A marriage portion. [Obs.] See 1st Dot, n..

Catastrophe :: Catastrophe (n.) The final event in a romance or a dramatic piece; a denouement, as a death in a tragedy, or a marriage in a comedy..

Misalliance :: Misalliance (n.) A marriage with a person of inferior rank or social station; an improper alliance; a mesalliance.

Consort :: Consort (v. t.) To unite or join, as in affection, harmony, company, marriage, etc.; to associate..

Bestow :: Bestow (v. t.) To give in marriage.

Merchet :: Merchet (n.) In old English and in Scots law, a fine paid to the lord of the soil by a tenant upon the marriage of one the tenant's daughters..

Nuptial :: Nuptial (n.) Marriage; wedding; nuptial ceremony; -- now only in the plural.

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..

Conjugate :: Conjugate (v. t.) To unite in marriage; to join.

Wedding :: Wedding (n.) Nuptial ceremony; nuptial festivities; marriage; nuptials.

Offering :: Offering (n.) A sum of money offered, as in church service; as, a missionary offering. Specif.: (Ch. of Eng.) Personal tithes payable according to custom, either at certain seasons as Christmas or Easter, or on certain occasions as marriages or christenings..

Evacuate :: Evacuate (v. t.) To make void; to nullify; to vacate; as, to evacuate a contract or marriage..

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