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
Among them were the young chief Whitewing and Lightheart, and these two were immediately afterwards united in marriage.
From The Prairie Chief by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)
After they were united in marriage, they led together a spiritual life, in perfect unanimity, and, like a pair of birds, flitted through the temptations and troubles of this earthly valley.
From Pictures of German Life in the XVIIIth and XIXth Centuries, Vol. I. by Freytag, Gustav