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Webster 1913 Edition

Marriage

Mar′riage

,
Noun.
[OE.
mariage
, F.
mariage
. See
Marry
,
Verb.
T.
]
1.
The act of marrying, or the state of being married; legal union of a man and a woman for life, as husband and wife; wedlock; matrimony.
Marriage
is honorable in all.
Heb. xiii. 4.
2.
The marriage vow or contract.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.
3.
A feast made on the occasion of a marriage.
The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain king which made a
marriage
for his son.
Matt. xxii. 2.
4.
Any intimate or close union.
Marriage brokage
.
(a)
The business of bringing about marriages
.
(b)
The payment made or demanded for the procurement of a marriage.
–
Marriage favors
,
knots of white ribbons, or bunches of white flowers, worn at weddings.
–
Marriage settlement
(Law)
,
a settlement of property in view, and in consideration, of marriage.
Syn. – Matrimony; wedlock; wedding; nuptials.
–
Marriage
,
Matrimony
,
Wedlock
. Marriage is properly the act which unites the two parties, and matrimony the state into which they enter. Marriage is, however, often used for the state as well as the act. Wedlock is the old Anglo-Saxon term for matrimony.

Webster 1828 Edition

Marriage

MAR'RIAGE

,
Noun.
[L.mas, maris.] The act of uniting a man and woman for life; wedlock; the legal union of a man and woman for life. Marriage is a contract both civil and religious, by which the parties engage to live together in mutual affection and fidelity, till death shall separate them. Marriage was instituted by God himself for the purpose of preventing the promiscuous intercourse of the sexes, for promoting domestic felicity,and for securing the maintenance and education of children.
Marriage is honorable in all and the bed undefiled. Heb.13.
1.
A feast made on the occasion of a marriage.
The kingdom of heaven is like a certain king, who made a marriage for his son. Matt.22.
2.
In a scriptural sense, the union between Christ and his church by the covenant of grace. Rev.19.

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