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: The Faculty LoungeNew Definition of "Marriage" in Webster's
By Kevin Maillard
Courtesy of Art Leonard, New York Law School
MARRIAGE
Main Entry: mar·riage
Pronunciation: \'mer-ij, 'ma-rij\
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English mariage, from Anglo-French, from marier to
marry
Date: 14th century
1 a (1): the state of being united to a person of the opposite sex as husband
or wife in a consensual and contractual relationship recognized by law (2): the
state of being united to a person of the same sex in a relationship like that
of a traditional marriage <same-sex marriage> b: the mutual relation of
married persons : wedlock c: the institution whereby individuals are joined in
a marriage.
Full post as published by The Faculty Lounge on March 19, 2009 (boomark / email).
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