Definitions for marriages
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1. marriages

   Marriage, also called matrimony or wedlock, is a culturally and often legally recognized union between people called spouses. It establishes rights and obligations between them, as well as between them and their children, and between them and their in-laws. It is nearly a cultural universal, but the definition of marriage varies between cultures and religions, and over time. Typically, it is an institution in which interpersonal relationships, usually sexual, are acknowledged or sanctioned. In some cultures, marriage is recommended or considered to be compulsory before pursuing any sexual activity. A marriage ceremony is called a wedding. Individuals may marry for several reasons, including legal, social, libidinal, emotional, financial, spiritual, and religious purposes. Whom they marry may be influenced by gender, socially determined rules of incest, prescriptive marriage rules, parental choice, and individual desire. In some areas of the world, arranged marriage, child marriage, polygamy, and forced marriage are practiced. In other areas, such practices are outlawed to preserve women's rights or children's rights (both female and male) or as a result of international law. In some parts of the world, marriage has historically restricted the rights of women, who are (or were) considered the property of the husband. Around the world, primarily in developed democracies, there has been a general trend towards ensuring equal rights for women within marriage (including abolishing coverture, liberalizing divorce laws, and reforming reproductive and sexual rights) and legally recognizing the marriages of interfaith, interracial/interethnic/inter-caste, and same-sex couples. Controversies continue regarding the legal status of married women, leniency towards violence within marriage, customs such as dowry and bride price, forced marriage, marriageable age, and criminalization of premarital and extramarital sex. Female age at marriage has proven to be a strong indicator for female autonomy and is continuously used by economic history research.Marriage can be recognized by a state, an organization, a religious authority, a tribal group, a local community, or peers. It is often viewed as a contract. A religious marriage is performed by a religious institution to recognize and create the rights and obligations intrinsic to matrimony in that religion. Religious marriage is known variously as sacramental marriage in Catholicism, nikah in Islam, nissuin in Judaism, and various other names in other faith traditions, each with their own constraints as to what constitutes, and who can enter into, a valid religious marriage.

How to pronounce marriages?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say marriages in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of marriages in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of marriages in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of marriages in a Sentence

1. Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche:

   It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages.

2. Natsiraishe Maritsa:

   Most school-going children have nothing to do because schools are closed. That is pushing them into early marriages.

3. Clint Eastwood:

   They say marriages are made in heaven. But so is thunder and lightning

4. Hormuz Bana:

   I think it is our duty to ensure that we keep our race going, i have no opinion on interfaith marriages. But personally, I think these are some things we can do to give back to a community when it has given us so much.

5. Kenneth Chee:

   Getting married would be a nice acknowledgment of our relationship and love for each other but at this point, it isn't the most important thing, but it( puzzles me) how our marriage would affect straight marriages, that I don't understand.

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