Marriage

mar′ij, n. the ceremony by which a man and woman become husband and wife: the union of a man and woman as husband and wife.— adj. Marr′i age able , suitable, or at a proper age, for marriage.— ns. Marr′i age able ne ; Marr′iage-con′tract , an agreement to be married: an agreement respecting property by persons about to marry.— n.pl. Marr′iage-fā′vours , knots or decorations worn at a marriage.— n. Marr′iage-sett′lement , an arrangement of property, ., before marriage, by which something is secured to the wife or her children, in case of her husband's death. [O. Fr. mariage . See Marry .]