| affinity |
a relationship by marriage. [1/5 definitions] |
| -andry |
marriage to (so many) husbands. [1/2 definitions] |
| anniversary |
the yearly recurrence of a particular event such as a marriage. [1/2 definitions] |
| annulment |
a court decree declaring a marriage to be invalid. [1/2 definitions] |
| banns |
a public announcement in church of an upcoming marriage. |
| baroness |
a noblewoman of a particular rank by birth or by marriage. |
| betroth |
to pledge or give in marriage. |
| bind |
to cause to be intimately connected and mutually obligated, as in marriage. [1/13 definitions] |
| civil marriage |
a marriage performed by a government official, such as a justice of the peace, rather than a clergyman. |
| cohabit |
to live together in an intimate relationship, esp. outside of marriage. |
| common-law marriage |
a marriage not contracted through a religious or civil ceremony but recognized as legal after the partners have lived together for a legally specified period of time. |
| conjugal |
of or relating to marriage or the relationship between wife and husband. |
| connubial |
relating to marriage or the matrimonial state; conjugal. |
| consummate |
to complete (a marriage) by the first act of sexual intercourse. [1/5 definitions] |
| consummation |
the bringing of a marriage to completion by the first act of intercourse. [1/3 definitions] |
| couple |
two people who are together by marriage or by being in a romantic relationship. [1/2 definitions] |
| courtship |
the process or period of seeking the affection of someone, esp. for the purpose of marriage. [1/2 definitions] |
| Demeter |
the goddess of farming, marriage, and childbirth in Greek mythology. In Roman mythology, Demeter is called Ceres. |
| divorcé |
a man whose marriage has been legally ended. |
| divorce |
the ending of a marriage as recognized by law. |
| divorced |
no longer married because of divorce, a legal process that ends a marriage. |