marriage+ceremony
101common-law marriage — noun a marriage relationship created by agreement and cohabitation rather than by ceremony • Topics: ↑law, ↑jurisprudence • Hypernyms: ↑marriage, ↑matrimony, ↑union, ↑spousal relationship, ↑wedlock * * …
102Morganatic marriage — In the context of European royalty, a morganatic marriage is a marriage between people of unequal social rank, which prevents the passage of the husband s titles and privileges to the wife and any children born of the marriage. It is also known… …
103Banns of marriage — The banns of marriage, commonly known simply as the banns or bans (from a Middle English word meaning proclamation, rooted in Old French[1]) are the public announcement in a Christian parish church of an impending marriage between two specified… …
104Bahá'í marriage — is union of a man and a woman. Its purpose is mainly spiritual and is to foster harmony, fellowship and unity between the two partners. The Bahá í teachings on marriage call it a fortress for well being and salvation and place marriage and the… …
105Celestial marriage — A couple following their marriage in the Manti Utah Temple Celestial marriage (also called the New and Everlasting Covenant of Marriage, Eternal Marriage, Temple Marriage or The Principle) is a doctrine of Mormonism, particularly The Church of… …
106Putative marriage — A putative marriage is an apparently valid marriage, entered into in good faith on the part of at least one of the partners, but that is legally invalid due to a technical impediment, such as a preexistent marriage on the part of one of the… …
107Republican marriage — Painting by Joseph Aubert depicting preparations for a Republican marriage Republican marriage (French: mariage républicain) was a form of execution that allegedly occurred in Nantes during the Reign of Terror in Revolutionary France and involved …
108civil marriage — noun a marriage performed by a government official rather than by a clergyman • Hypernyms: ↑marriage, ↑wedding, ↑marriage ceremony * * * noun, pl ⋯ riages [count] : a marriage performed by a person (such as a justice of the peace) who is not a… …
109History of civil marriage in the U.S. — Civil marriage has undergone significant changes in the United States since the country s inception: * 1830 Right of married woman to own property in her own name (instead of all property being owned exclusively by the husband) in Mississippi. *… …
110Islamic marriage contract — An Islamic marriage contract is a formal, binding contract drawn up by parties involved in marriage proceedings.WitnessingIn Sunni Islam, a marriage contract must have two male witnesses, or, in the Hanafi school of jurisprudence, one man and two …
