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.
Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.
Connection by marriage; reciprocal marriage; giving and taking in marriage, as between two families, tribes, castes, or nations.
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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.
Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.
The union of man and woman as husband and wife; the nuptial state; marriage; wedlock.
Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.
The act of uniting or joining two or more things into one, or the state of being united or joined; junction; coalition; combination.
Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.
The ceremony, or the state, of marriage; matrimony.
Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.
To become connected by marriage between their members; to give and take mutually in marriage; -- said of families, ranks, castes, etc.
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To become connected by marriage between their members; to give and take mutually in marriage; -- said of families, ranks, castes, etc.
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Marriage only within the tribe; a custom restricting a man in his choice of a wife to the tribe to which he belongs; -- opposed to exogamy.
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The custom, or tribal law, which prohibits marriage between members of the same tribe; marriage outside of the tribe; -- opposed to endogamy.
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