marriage

marriage englannista suomeksi

1. avioliitto

2. naimakauppa, liitto

3. häät

0. Substantiivi

1. avioliitto, rekisteröity parisuhde

2. avioliitto

3. häät

4. avioliitto, naimakauppa

marriage englanniksi

1. The state of being married. (defdate)

(ux)

2. A union of two or more people that creates a family tie and carries legal, social, and/or religious rights and responsibilities. (defdate)

3. 1944, Tiaki Hikawera Mitira, ''Takitimu'', page 123:

By his marriage to his two wives, Tapuwae quietly strengthened all of the ''pas'' of the Wairoa district, as many of them came under his control through these unions.

4. 1990, John Stevens, ''Lust for enlightenment: Buddhism and sex'':

One layman in Buddha's time decided to embrace celibacy and relinquished his marriage vows to his four wives. When he asked them what they wanted in terms of a settlement, one said, (..)

5. 1995, Edith Deen, ''All of the women of the Bible'', page 275:

The account of the loss of the blessing of his father Isaac appears immediately after Esau's marriage to his Hittite wives.

6. (quote-book)

7. (Q)|(w)|year=2013|quote="Now can we eat? Marriages are arranged for whatever purpose is suitable. All this talk of undying love and childbearing squirms in my stomach like a worm that demands feeding."

8. The union of only two people, to the exclusion of all others.

9. (quote-book)|chapter=Part 1, Chapter 2. THE BIG SECRET OF DEALING WITH PEOPLE|page=42

''My grandparents' marriage lasted for forty years.''

''Pat and Leslie's marriage to each other lasted forty years.''

10. The union of two people of opposite sex, to the exclusion of all others.

11. A wedding; a ceremony in which people wed. (defdate)

''You are cordially invited to the marriage of James Smith and Jane Doe.''

12. A close union. (defdate)

13. {{quote-text|en|year=2000|editor=Vickie B. Sullivan|author=Edmund E. Jacobitti|chapter=The Classical Heritage in Machiavelli's Histories|title=The comedy and tragedy of Machiavelli: essays on the literary works|page=181

14. 2006 August 9, Amy Scattergood, ''A wild dream in the wild'', published in the ''Los Angeles Times'', republished in 2009 in ''The Big Sur Bakery Cookbook: A Year in the Life of a Restaurant'' (by Michelle and Phillip Wojtowicz and Michael Gilson with Catherine Price), on the cover:

But the food is real: a marriage of local ingredients and serious technique.

15. (quote-web)

16. A joining of two parts.

17. A king and a queen, when held as a hand in some versions of poker or melded in pinochle.

18. In solitaire or patience games, the placing a card of the same suit on the next one above or below it in value.

19. A homosexual relationship between male prisoners.