matrimony
English Thesaurus
1. the ceremony or sacrament of marriage (noun.act)
hypernym | : | sacrament, |
definition | : | a formal religious ceremony conferring a specific grace on those who receive it; the two Protestant ceremonies are baptism and the Lord's Supper; in the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church there are seven traditional rites accepted as instituted by Jesus: baptism and confirmation and Holy Eucharist and penance and holy orders and matrimony and extreme unction (noun.act) |
2. the state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for life (or until divorce) (noun.state)
hypernym | : | marital status, |
definition | : | the condition of being married or unmarried (noun.state) |
hyponym | : | bigamy, |
definition | : | having two spouses at the same time (noun.state) |
hyponym | : | common-law marriage, |
definition | : | a marriage relationship created by agreement and cohabitation rather than by ceremony (noun.state) |
hyponym | : | exogamy, intermarriage, |
definition | : | marriage to a person belonging to a tribe or group other than your own as required by custom or law (noun.state) |
hyponym | : | misalliance, |
definition | : | an unsuitable alliance (especially with regard to marriage) (noun.state) |
hyponym | : | monandry, |
definition | : | the state of having only one husband at a time (noun.state) |
hyponym | : | open marriage, |
definition | : | a marriage in which each partner is free to enter into extraneous sexual relationships without guilt or jealousy from the other (noun.state) |
hyponym | : | cuckoldom, |
definition | : | the state of a husband whose wife has committed adultery (noun.state) |
hyponym | : | polygamy, |
definition | : | having more than one spouse at a time (noun.state) |
hyponym | : | sigeh, |
definition | : | a Shiite tradition of temporary marriage permitted in Iran that allows a couple to specify the terms of their relationship; can last from a few minutes to 99 years (noun.state) |
domain category | : | jurisprudence, law, |
definition | : | the collection of rules imposed by authority (noun.group) |
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