marriage
noun
[ ˈmarɪdʒ ]
• the legally or formally recognized union of two people as partners in a personal relationship (historically and in some jurisdictions specifically a union between a man and a woman).
• "a happy marriage"
• a combination or mixture of elements.
• "her music is a marriage of funk, jazz, and hip-hop"
Similar:
union,
alliance,
fusion,
amalgamation,
combination,
affiliation,
association,
connection,
coupling,
merger,
unification,
hook-up,
Origin:
Middle English: from Old French mariage, from marier ‘marry’.
in marriage
• as husband or wife.
• "he asked my father for my hand in marriage"
