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Marriage

Marriage, also called matrimony or wedlock, is a culturally and often legally recognised union between people called spouses. It establishes rights and obligations between them, as well as between them and their children (if any), and between them and their in-laws. It is nearly a cultural universal, but the definition of marriage varies between cultures…

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Etymology

Definitions

Types

Partner selection

Economic considerations

Post-marital residence

Law

Religion

Health

Divorce and annulment

History

Criticism of marriage

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Marriage

Nodes557
Edges556
Triples523
Avg. degree2
Density0.003591
Components1

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Marriage

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related to External links · 57
Marriage → After Which Follows, Allen, An Historical, April, BBC Radio, Blackwell, British Marriages, Callan, Catholic ChurchGautier, Chris Knight, Christina HardymentBradley, College Historical Society, Comparative Approach, Conjugial, David, Domestic Relations Law, Dunbar, Early Human Kinship, Early Human Kinship Was, Emanuel Swedenborg
related to Same-sex and third-gender marriages · 22
Marriage → Americas, Ancient Greek, CE, China, Fujian, In, Indigenous, Italy, Latin Christendom, Porta Latina, Possibly, President Grover Cleveland, Rome, Same-sex, San Giovanni, Several, Th, The Codex Theodosianus, Washington, We'wha
related to Wicca · 22
Marriage → Although, Christian, Consensual, Frederic Lamond, Gillian, God, Goddess, Great Rite, Handfasting, High Priest, High Priestess, In, It, Most Wiccan, Pagan, Pagans, Some, Some Wiccan, The, Wicca
related to Further reading · 17
Marriage → Bellarmine, Council, Dying Well, Edward Westermarck, Holy Matrimony, James Donovan, John Dalton, Lucas Brothers, Matrimony, Part, Richardson, Robert, Son, The, The Art, Translated, Trent
related to Temporary marriages · 17
Marriage → China, Examples, Germanic, Historically, Iran, Iraq, Islamic, Islamic Arab, Middle Ages, Mosuo, Muslim, Muslim-majority, Muḥammad, Qurʾān, The, The Islamic, Turkey
related to Cohabitation · 16
Marriage → Australia, Beijing, Beijing University, China, Chinese, Cohabitation, Conversely, Guo Jianmei, However, In, Mosuo, Newsday, Saudi Arabia, Such, This, Walking
related to China · 15
Marriage → AIDS, Although, China, Chinese, Families, Fu Xi, In, Individuals, Marrying, Nüwa, Over, Starting October, The, The New Marriage Law, When
related to Incest taboo, exogamy, and endogamy · 14
Marriage → An Avunculate, Argentina, Australia, Austria, However, In, In South Korea, Malaysia, Marriages, Russia, Societies, Such, This, United States
related to State recognition · 13
Marriage → Civil, Conversely, For, In, Islamic, Israel, It, Lebanon, Saudi, Saudi Arabia, Similarly, Some, When
related to Legitimacy of offspring · 12
Marriage → Gough, In, India, Kathleen Gough, Nayar, None, Notes, Nuer, Queries, Sudan, The, This

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marriages rights women may divorce countries religious husband legal married wife one children also man family social marry laws law

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Marriageis amarriage where one or both spouses are under the age of 180.90text
Marriageis amarriage that occurs between an uncle and his niece or between an aunt and her nephew0.90text
Marriageis amarriage in which one or both of the parties is married against their will0.90text
Marriageis ametaphysical0.90text
Marriageis avoluntary contract by a man and a woman0.90text
Marriageis astory about Nüwa and Fu Xi who invented proper marriage procedures after becoming married0.90text
dowryinstance ofcustoms0.80text
bride priceinstance ofcustoms0.80text
marriageable ageinstance ofcustoms0.80text
and criminalization of premaritalinstance ofcustoms0.80text
extramarital sexinstance ofcustoms0.80text
high male mortality in warfareinstance ofalthough other factors0.80text

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