Definition of "marriage" in Englisch

noun

1. The state of being married.

   • You should enter marriage for love.

2. A union of two or more people that creates a family tie and carries legal, social, or religious rights and responsibilities.

   • By his marriage to his two wives, Tapuwae quietly strengthened all of the pas of the Wairoa district, as many of them came under his control through these unions.
   • One layman in Buddha's time decided to embrace celibacy and relinquished his marriage vows to his four wives. When he asked them what they wanted in terms of a settlement, one said, […]
   • The account of the loss of the blessing of his father Isaac appears immediately after Esau's marriage to his Hittite wives.

3. A wedding; a ceremony in which people wed.

   • You are cordially invited to the marriage of James Smith and Jane Doe.

4. (figuratively) A close union.

   • But the food is real: a marriage of local ingredients and serious technique.

5. A joining of two parts.

6. (card games) A king and a queen, when held as a hand in some versions of poker or melded in pinochle.

7. (card games) In solitaire or patience games, the placing a card of the same suit on the next one above or below it in value.

8. (prison slang) A homosexual relationship between male prisoners.