united in marriage
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Wedding duty: Staffers for two of L.A.’s most prominent politicians were united in marriage last year.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 10, 2018
One man and one woman, united in marriage for life, mutually exclusive and “faithful” sexually, and joined because of their love for each other, is a relatively modern notion of marriage.
From Salon • Sep. 16, 2012
In another, an African dog is united in marriage with a long-jumping Olympic athlete.
From The Guardian • Mar. 20, 2010
Beside the speaker were arranged, on chairs and stools, some young women bearing children to be baptised, and the youthful couple about to be united in marriage.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 15 by Various
In 1843, she was united in marriage to David Ogilvy, Esq., a cadet of the old Scottish family of Inverquharity.
From The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume V. The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century by Rogers, Charles