Part 6847

<hw>Mar`quise"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. See <er>Marquis</er>, and cf. <er>Marquee</er>.]</ety> <def>The wife of a marquis; a marchioness.</def>

<h1>Marquisship</h1> <Xpage=897>

<hw>Mar"quis*ship</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A marquisate.</def>

<h1>Marram</h1> <Xpage=897>

<hw>Mar"ram</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A coarse grass found on sandy beaches (<spn>Ammophila arundinacea</spn>). See <cref>Beach grass</cref>, under <er>Beach</er>.</def>

<h1>Marrer</h1> <Xpage=897>

<hw>Mar"rer</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who mars or injures.</def>

<h1>Marriable</h1> <Xpage=897>

<hw>Mar"ri*a*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>mariable</ets>.]</ety> <def>Marriageable.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Coleridge.</i>

<h1>Marriage</h1> <Xpage=897>

<hw>Mar"riage</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>mariage</ets>, F. <ets>mariage</ets>. See <er>Marry</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of marrying, or the state of being married; legal union of a man and a woman for life, as husband and wife; wedlock; matrimony.</def>

<blockquote><b>Marriage</b> is honorable in all. <i>Heb. xiii. 4.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The marriage vow or contract.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A feast made on the occasion of a marriage.</def>

<blockquote>The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain king which made a <b>marriage</b> for his son. <i>Matt. xxii. 2.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>Any intimate or close union.</def>

<cs><col>Marriage brokage</col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>The business of bringing about marriages</cd>. <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>The payment made or demanded for the procurement of a marriage.</cd> -- <col>Marriage favors</col>, <cd>knots of white ribbons, or bunches of white flowers, worn at weddings.</cd> -- <col>Marriage settlement</col> <fld>(Law)</fld>, <cd>a settlement of property in view, and in consideration, of marriage.</cd></cs>

<syn>Syn. -- Matrimony; wedlock; wedding; nuptials.</syn> <usage> -- <er>Marriage</er>, <er>Matrimony</er>, <er>Wedlock</er>. <i>Marriage</i> is properly the <i>act</i> which unites the two parties, and <i>matrimony</i> the <i>state</i> into which they enter. <i>Marriage</i> is, however, often used for the state as well as the act. <i>Wedlock</i> is the old Anglo-Saxon term for <i>matrimony</i>.</usage>

<h1>Marriageability</h1> <Xpage=897>

<hw>Mar`riage*a*bil"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The quality or state of being marriageable.</def>

<h1>Marriageable</h1> <Xpage=897>

<hw>Mar"riage*a*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Fit for, or capable of, marriage; of an age at which marriage is allowable.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Mar"riage*a*ble*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Marrried</h1> <Xpage=897>

<hw>Marr"ried</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Being in the state of matrimony; wedded; <as>as, a <ex>married</ex> man or woman</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Of or pertaining to marriage; connubial; <as>as, the <ex>married</ex> state</as>.</def>

<h1>Marrier</h1> <Xpage=897>