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June :: "June (n.) The sister and wife of Jupiter, the queen of heaven, and the goddess who presided over marriage. She corresponds to the Greek Hera..

Offering :: Offering (n.) A sum of money offered, as in church service; as, a missionary offering. Specif.: (Ch. of Eng.) Personal tithes payable according to custom, either at certain seasons as Christmas or Easter, or on certain occasions as marriages or christenings..

Novatian :: Novatian (n.) One of the sect of Novatius, or Novatianus, who held that the lapsed might not be received again into communion with the church, and that second marriages are unlawful..

Proposal :: Proposal (n.) That which is proposed, or propounded for consideration or acceptance; a scheme or design; terms or conditions proposed; offer; as, to make proposals for a treaty of peace; to offer proposals for erecting a building; to make proposals of marriage..

Suitor :: Suitor (n.) Especially, one who solicits a woman in marriage; a wooer; a lover..

Hymen :: Hymen (n.) A fabulous deity; according to some, the son of Apollo and Urania, according to others, of Bacchus and Venus. He was the god of marriage, and presided over nuptial solemnities..

Bridal :: Bridal (n.) A nuptial festival or ceremony; a marriage.

Pronubial :: Pronubial (a.) Presiding over marriage.

Antenuptial :: Antenuptial (a.) Preceding marriage; as, an antenuptial agreement..

Demography :: Demography (n.) The study of races, as to births, marriages, mortality, health, etc..

Divorce :: Divorce (n.) A legal dissolution of the marriage contract by a court or other body having competent authority. This is properly a divorce, and called, technically, divorce a vinculo matrimonii..

Wedding :: Wedding (n.) Nuptial ceremony; nuptial festivities; marriage; nuptials.

Valid :: Valid (a.) Having legal strength or force; executed with the proper formalities; incapable of being rightfully overthrown or set aside; as, a valid deed; a valid covenant; a valid instrument of any kind; a valid claim or title; a valid marriage..

Digamous :: Digamous (a.) Pertaining to a second marriage, that is, one after the death of the first wife or the first husband..

Join :: Join (v. t.) To unite in marriage.

Manable :: Manable (a.) Marriageable.

Polygamy :: Polygamy (n.) The having of a plurality of wives or husbands at the same time; usually, the marriage of a man to more than one woman, or the practice of having several wives, at the same time; -- opposed to monogamy; as, the nations of the East practiced polygamy. See the Note under Bigamy, and cf. Polyandry..

Parapherna :: Parapherna (n. pl.) The property of a woman which, on her marriage, was not made a part of her dower, but remained her own..

Court :: Court (v. t.) To endeavor to gain the affections of; to seek in marriage; to woo.

Kindred :: Kindred (n.) Relationship by birth or marriage; consanguinity; affinity; kin.

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