marriage
part of speech
noun (a marriage, marriages)
meaning for a pupil
1) Marriage is the legal relationship between two people who are husband and wife, or partners, joined in law. tree →
2) A marriage is a wedding, the ceremony where two people get married. tree →
3) A marriage is the time two people are married: a long, happy marriage. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Here it means joining families by marrying. The verses warn Israel against marrying the nations around them. Interpretation: The rabbis took the warning against intermarriage to mean that a spouse would turn the children toward idols. It is the root of the later Jewish concern for marrying within the people. In the primary lessons: In stories, marriages often end fairy tales («and they lived happily ever after»). In everyday life weddings are celebrated with family. In history, royal marriages joined powerful families. Phrases: get married, a happy marriage, marriage proposal.
examples
- And make ye marriages with us; give your daughters unto us, and take our daughters unto you. (Torah GEN.34.9, JPS 1917) tree →
- neither shalt thou make marriages with them: thy daughter thou shalt not give unto his son, nor his daughter shalt thou take unto thy son. (Torah DEU.7.3, JPS 1917) tree →
- Fire devoured their young men; and their virgins had no marriage-song. (Writings PSA.78.63, JPS 1917) tree →
- Now Jehoshaphat had riches and honour in abundance; and he allied himself with Ahab by marriage. (Writings 2CH.18.1, JPS 1917) tree →
- Else if ye do in any wise go back, and cleave unto the remnant of these nations, even these that remain among you, and make marriages with them, and go in unto them, and they to you; (Prophets JOS.23.12, JPS 1917) tree →
- Their marriage lasted fifty years. tree →
- My aunt's marriage was in a little church. tree →
- The prince asked for her hand in marriage. tree →
- A marriage is celebrated with a wedding. tree →
- Grandma showed us photos of her marriage. tree →
- In some countries, marriage is allowed only from age 18. tree →
- And then the marriage was celebrated. tree →
note
Countable. Verb: marry, be married, get married. Spelling: marrIAGE — keep the i. «Marriage» is the relationship; «wedding» is the day or ceremony.
In the corpora
- And make ye marriages with us; give your daughters unto us, and take our daughters unto you.
- Fire devoured their young men; and their virgins had no marriage-song.
- Now Jehoshaphat had riches and honour in abundance; and he allied himself with Ahab by marriage.
- A divorce is the official legal end of a marriage, and "the divorce came through" means the court has finished it.
- The children of a parent's partner can become your step-siblings: brothers or sisters through marriage, not by birth.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «marriage» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.