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Definition of marriage : 1. A feast made on the occasion of a marriage.
2. Any intimate or close union.
3. In bezique, penuchle, and similar games at cards, the combination of a king and queen of the same suit. If of the trump suit, it is called a royal marriage.
4. 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.
5. The marriage vow or contract.

Synonyms:

marriage ceremony, separation, brotherhood, chastity, wedding ceremony, intimacy, spousals, spousal, espousals, trade union, married couple, sum, unification, uniting, comradeship, match, trades union, mating, nuptial, bridal, spousal relationship, conglutination, friendship, conjugal union, join, hymeneals, compatibility, wedding party, connubiality, sexual union, pairing, divorce, labor union, conjugality

embodiment, partnership, entanglement, integration, envelopment, inclusion, relation, involvement, incorporation, membership, composition, encompassment, enmeshment

elopement, betrothment, union, man and wife, troth, matrimony, conjugation, nuptials, espousal, banns, wedlock

holiday, celebration, ceremony, baptism, christening, mass, Eucharist, revival, convocation, evensong, remembrance, last rites, novena, missal, rite, communion, transubstantiation, observance, solemnization, ritual, liturgy, Siddur, nones, service, confirmation, sacrifice, initiation, canon, vesper, sacrament

affiliation, affixation, junction, attachment, annexation, branch, adherence, connectedness, connection, meeting, wedding, consolidation, amalgamation, juxtaposition, coupling, bond, splice, alliance, joint, juncture, merger, relationship, synergy, jointure, abutment, conjunction, adjacency

Usage examples:

• And you think he'll give you his daughter in marriage? - "Castle Richmond", Anthony Trollope.
• The marriage is all right so far as that goes. - "The Iron Woman", Margaret Deland.
• Winona had not been thinking of marriage. - "The Wrong Twin", Harry Leon Wilson.