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Marriage

Marriage is a socially approved sexual and economic relationship between two or more individuals.

Webster Dictionary Meaning

1. Marriage
- 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.
- The marriage vow or contract.
- A feast made on the occasion of a marriage.
- Any intimate or close union.
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