Definition of marriage

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Marriage (v. t.) The marriage vow or contract.

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Handfast :: Handfast (v. t.) To pledge; to bind; to betroth by joining hands, in order to cohabitation, before the celebration of marriage..
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..
Jugal :: "Jugal (a.) Relating to a yoke, or to marriage..
Valid :: Valid (a.) Having legal strength or force; executed with the proper formalities; incapable of being rightfully overthrown or set aside; as, a valid deed; a valid covenant; a valid instrument of any kind; a valid claim or title; a valid marriage..
Suit :: Suit (n.) The act of wooing in love; the solicitation of a woman in marriage; courtship.
Adultery :: Adultery (n.) The unfaithfulness of a married person to the marriage bed; sexual intercourse by a married man with another than his wife, or voluntary sexual intercourse by a married woman with another than her husband..
Mesalliance :: Mesalliance (n.) A marriage with a person of inferior social position; a misalliance.
Bigamous :: Bigamous (a.) Guilty of bigamy; involving bigamy; as, a bigamous marriage..
Offer :: Offer (v. t.) To bring to or before; to hold out to; to present for acceptance or rejection; as, to offer a present, or a bribe; to offer one's self in marriage..
Bedswerver :: Bedswerver (n.) One who swerves from and is unfaithful to the marriage vow.
Encratite :: Encratite (n.) One of a sect in the 2d century who abstained from marriage, wine, and animal food; -- called also Continent..
Betray :: Betray (v. t.) To lead astray, as a maiden; to seduce (as under promise of marriage) and then abandon..
Dismarry :: Dismarry (v. t.) To free from the bonds of marriage; to divorce.
Opetide :: Opetide (n.) The time between Epiphany and Ash Wednesday wherein marriages were formerly solemnized publicly in churches. [Eng..
Dotation :: Dotation (n.) The act of endowing, or bestowing a marriage portion on a woman..
Postnuptial :: Postnuptial (a.) Being or happening after marriage; as, a postnuptial settlement on a wife..
Desponsory :: Desponsory (n.) A written pledge of marriage.
Suitor :: Suitor (n.) Especially, one who solicits a woman in marriage; a wooer; a lover..
Stepparent :: Stepmother (n.) The wife of one's father by a subsequent marriage.
Marriage :: Marriage (v. t.) Any intimate or close union.
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