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Polygyny :: Polygyny (n.) The state or practice of having several wives at the same time; marriage to several wives.

Revivor :: Revivor (n.) Revival of a suit which is abated by the death or marriage of any of the parties, -- done by a bill of revivor..

Affiancer :: Affiancer (n.) One who makes a contract of marriage between two persons.

Stepbrother :: Step- () A prefix used before father, mother, brother, sister, son, daughter, child, etc., to indicate that the person thus spoken of is not a blood relative, but is a relative by the marriage of a parent; as, a stepmother to X is the wife of the father of X, married by him after the death of the mother of X. See Stepchild, Stepdaughter, Stepson, etc..

Marriageability :: Marriageability (n.) The quality or state of being marriageable.

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

Dowry :: Dowry (n.) The money, goods, or estate, which a woman brings to her husband in marriage; a bride's portion on her marriage. See Note under Dower..

Bedswerver :: Bedswerver (n.) One who swerves from and is unfaithful to the marriage vow.

Prior :: Prior (a.) Preceding in the order of time; former; antecedent; anterior; previous; as, a prior discovery; prior obligation; -- used elliptically in cases like the following: he lived alone [in the time] prior to his marriage..

Cross :: Cross (a.) Made in an opposite direction, or an inverse relation; mutually inverse; interchanged; as, cross interrogatories; cross marriages, as when a brother and sister marry persons standing in the same relation to each other..

Postnuptial :: Postnuptial (a.) Being or happening after marriage; as, a postnuptial settlement on a wife..

Encratite :: Encratite (n.) One of a sect in the 2d century who abstained from marriage, wine, and animal food; -- called also Continent..

Dotation :: Dotation (n.) The act of endowing, or bestowing a marriage portion on a woman..

Infidelity :: Infidelity (n.) Unfaithfulness to the marriage vow or contract; violation of the marriage covenant by adultery.

Opetide :: Opetide (n.) The time between Epiphany and Ash Wednesday wherein marriages were formerly solemnized publicly in churches. [Eng..

Nubile :: Nubile (a.) Of an age suitable for marriage; marriageable.

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..

Marriage :: Marriage (v. t.) Any intimate or close union.

Bed :: Bed (n.) (Used as the symbol of matrimony) Marriage.

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..

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