marriage

Definitions

• The state of being married.
• A union of two or more people that creates a family tie and carries legal, social, and/or religious rights and responsibilities.
• (prison) A homosexual relationship between male prisoners.
• A wedding; a ceremony in which people wed.
• (figuratively) A close union.
• A joining of two parts.
• (card games) A king and a queen, when held as a hand in Texas hold 'em or melded in pinochle.
• (card games) In solitaire or patience games, the placing a card of the same suit on the next one above or below it in value.