noun
Etymology: Middle English mariage, from Anglo-French, from marier to marry
Date: 14th century
1. a. the state of being united to a person of the opposite sex as husband or wife in a consensual and contractual relationship recognized by law, the state of being united to a person of the same sex in a relationship like that of a traditional marriage , the mutual relation of married persons ; wedlock , the institution whereby individuals are joined in a marriage, an act of marrying or the rite by which the married status is effected, an intimate or close union
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