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WEDDINGS |
Marriages |
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UNIONS |
Marriages |
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LEVIRATION |
Levirate marriage or marriages. |
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TROUSSEAUX |
Belongings collected by brides for their marriages |
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MATCHMAKER |
One who tries to bring about marriages. |
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LEVIR |
A husband's brother; -- used in reference to levirate
marriages. |
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MATCHMAKING |
Busy in making or contriving marriages; as, a
matchmaking woman. |
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DEMOGRAPHY |
The study of races, as to births, marriages, mortality,
health, etc. |
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OPETIDE |
The time between Epiphany and Ash Wednesday wherein
marriages were formerly solemnized publicly in churches. [Eng.] |
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REGISTRAR |
One who registers; a recorder; a keeper of records; as,
a registrar of births, deaths, and marriages. See Register, n., 3. |
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POLYGAMOUS |
Of or pertaining to polygamy; characterized by, or
involving, polygamy; having a plurality of wives; as, polygamous
marriages; -- opposed to monogamous. |
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NOVATIAN |
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. |
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CROSS |
...tion;
mutually inverse; interchanged; as, cross interrogatories; cross
marriages, as when a brother and sister marry persons standing in the
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OFFERING |
...hristmas or Easter,
or on certain occasions as marriages or christenings. ... |