Confarreate vs. Marriage

Confarreate vs. Marriage — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Confarreate and Marriage

Confarreateadjective

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

Marriagenoun

The state of being married.

You should enter marriage for love.

Marriagenoun

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

Marriagenoun

(often specifically) The union of only two people, to the exclusion of all others.

My grandparents' marriage lasted for forty years.Pat and Leslie's marriage to each other lasted forty years.

Marriagenoun

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

Marriagenoun

A wedding; a ceremony in which people wed.

You are cordially invited to the marriage of James Smith and Jane Doe.
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Marriagenoun

(figuratively) A close union.

Marriagenoun

A joining of two parts.

Marriagenoun

(card games) A king and a queen, when held as a hand in Texas hold 'em or melded in pinochle.

Marriagenoun

(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.

Marriagenoun

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

a long and happy marriageGod bless this union

Marriagenoun

two people who are married to each other;

his second marriage was happier than the firsta married couple without love
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Marriagenoun

the act of marrying; the nuptial ceremony;

their marriage was conducted in the chapel

Marriagenoun

a close and intimate union;

the marriage of music and dancea marriage of ideas