Confarreate vs. Marriage

Describing a form of Ancient Roman marriage solemnized with cakes made of far (spelt).

A legal union between two persons that confers certain privileges and entails certain obligations of each person to the other, formerly restricted in the United States to a union between a woman and a man.

A similar union of more than two people; a polygamous marriage.

A union between persons that is recognized by custom or religious tradition as a marriage.

A common-law marriage.

The state or relationship of two adults who are married

A wedding

A close union

(Games) The combination of the king and queen of the same suit, as in pinochle.

The state of being married.

A union of two or more people that creates a family tie and carries legal, social, and/or religious rights and responsibilities.

The union of only two people, to the exclusion of all others.

The union of two people of opposite sex, to the exclusion of all others.

A wedding; a ceremony in which people wed.

(figuratively) A close union.

A joining of two parts.

(card games) A king and a queen, when held as a hand in some versions of poker or melded in pinochle.

(card games) In solitaire or patience games, the placing a card of the same suit on the next one above or below it in value.

(prison slang) A homosexual relationship between male prisoners.

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.

In pinochle, bézique, and similar games at cards, the combination of a king and queen of the same suit. If of the trump suit, it is called a royal marriage.

The state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for life (or until divorce);

Two people who are married to each other;

The act of marrying; the nuptial ceremony;

A close and intimate union;