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Dower :: Dower (n.) That which a woman brings to a husband in marriage; dowry.

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

Jugal :: "Jugal (a.) Relating to a yoke, or to marriage..

Ask :: Ask (v. t.) To publish in church for marriage; -- said of both the banns and the persons.

Frank-marriage :: Frank-marriage (n.) A certain tenure in tail special; an estate of inheritance given to a man his wife (the wife being of the blood of the donor), and descendible to the heirs of their two bodies begotten..

Dowerless :: Dowerless (a.) Destitute of dower; having no marriage portion.

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

Postnuptial :: Postnuptial (a.) Being or happening after marriage; as, a postnuptial settlement on a wife..

Wed :: Wed (n.) Fig.: To unite as if by the affections or the bond of marriage; to attach firmly or indissolubly.

Marriage :: Marriage (v. t.) The act of marrying, or the state of being married; legal union of a man and a woman for life, as husband and wife; wedlock; matrimony..

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..

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

Love :: Love (n.) Courtship; -- chiefly in the phrase to make love, i. e., to court, to woo, to solicit union in marriage..

Conjugal :: Conjugal (a.) Belonging to marriage; suitable or appropriate to the marriage state or to married persons; matrimonial; connubial.

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..

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

Betrothal :: Betrothal (n.) The act of betrothing, or the fact of being betrothed; a mutual promise, engagement, or contract for a future marriage between the persons betrothed; betrothment; affiance..

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

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

Confarreation :: Confarreation (n.) A form of marriage among the Romans, in which an offering of bread was made, in presence of the high priest and at least ten witnesses..

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