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marriage
noun as in legal joining of two people; a union
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Example Sentences
They were a network of institutions across the island of Ireland which housed unmarried women and their babies at a time when pregnancy outside marriage was viewed as scandalous.
She had three children, ended up drinking heavily and eventually escaped the marriage.
Likewise the third section of the new dictionary – including the letter M – defines marriage as a union between a man and a woman, which in France it no longer is.
Because same-sex marriage is not legal in China, she advises couples on other ways to obtain spousal rights such as inheritance and guardianship for medical procedures.
Two years later, the court ruled that the Constitution protected gay marriages nationwide.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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