Structured Summary
Abstract
The social institution involving legal and/or religious sanction whereby individuals are joined together.
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Synonyms
57 entry terms
- Marriages
- Arranged Marriage
- Commonlaw Marriage
- Consensual Union
- Consummation of Marriage
- Dowry
- Husband-Wife Comparisons
- Intermarriage
- Marital Relationship
- Marriage Age
- Marriage Duration
- Marriage Patterns
- Marriage Postponement
- Mate Selection
- Multiple Marriages
- Nuptiality
- Polygamy
- Polygyny
- Remarriage
- Same-Sex Marriage
- Age, Marriage
- Ages, Marriage
- Arranged Marriages
- Commonlaw Marriages
- Comparison, Husband-Wife
- Comparisons, Husband-Wife
- Consensual Unions
- Dowries
- Duration, Marriage
- Husband Wife Comparisons
- Husband-Wife Comparison
- Intermarriages
- Marital Relationships
- Marriage Ages
- Marriage Consummation
- Marriage Consummations
- Marriage Pattern
- Marriage Postponements
- Marriage, Arranged
- Marriage, Commonlaw
- Marriage, Same-Sex
- Marriages, Arranged
- Marriages, Commonlaw
- Marriages, Multiple
- Marriages, Same-Sex
- Mate Selections
- Postponement, Marriage
- Postponements, Marriage
- Relationship, Marital
- Relationships, Marital
- Remarriages
- Same Sex Marriage
- Same-Sex Marriages
- Selection, Mate
- Selections, Mate
- Union, Consensual
- Unions, Consensual
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Aspects Covered
6 allowable subheadings
Indexed with the subheadings ethnology, history, legislation & jurisprudence, psychology, statistics & numerical data, trends.
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Indexing Annotation
a sociological & anthropological concept: differentiate from MARITAL STATUS, a demographic & statistical concept; SPOUSES is available for the husband or wife as a person
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Marriage. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D008393. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D008393
- Marriage. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marriage
- Marriage. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8445