interfaith marriage
Mixed-belief wedding bond
A marriage between people of different religions.
The term usually appears in discussions of the challenges such unions face—navigating holidays, raising children, satisfying families: Their interfaith marriage required compromises on both sides.
The phrase implies the couple maintains distinct religious identities rather than one converting to the other's faith.
Marriage rite and feast
- matrimonyLegal union of spouses
- ceremonyFormal event marking occasions
- vowsSolemn binding promises
- nuptialsVows and rings
spouse · bride · groom · altar · covenant · betrothal · commitment · bond
Jewish day of rest
- ChristmasWinter nativity celebration
- EidIslamic holy celebration
- DiwaliHindu festival of lights
- PassoverFestival of liberation
Ramadan · Easter · Hanukkah · prayer · worship · kosher · halal · observance
Willingness to accept difference
- respectRegard with honor
- understandingMental comprehension of something
- open-mindednessAcceptance of differing viewpoints
- inclusivityPractice of welcoming all
embrace · harmony · reconciliation · support · validation · blessing · welcome · acknowledgment
Including multiple ethnic traditions
- cross-culturalInvolving multiple societies
- ecumenicalPromoting religious unity
- interreligiousAcross different faiths
- pluralismCoexistence of differing views
syncretism · blended · bicultural · cosmopolitan · hybrid · fusion · mosaic · coexistence
Opposition between parties
- prejudicePreformed unfavorable opinion
- stigmaMark of dishonor
- tabooCultural or social prohibition
- disapprovalUnfavorable opinion expressed
resistance · rejection · opposition · controversy · compromise · negotiation · estrangement · disinheritance
Young human beings
- parentingNurturing and guiding children
- holidaysDesignated celebration days
- traditionsLong-established customs passed down
- in-lawsRelatives through marriage
grandparents · heritage · identity · upbringing · baptism · circumcision · inheritance · lineage
wedding
Marriage rite and feast
nuptials · spouse · bride · groom · altar · covenant · betrothal · commitment · bond · sacrament
Shabbat
Jewish day of rest
Passover · Ramadan · Easter · Hanukkah · prayer · worship · kosher · halal · observance · ritual
tolerance
Willingness to accept difference
- respectRegard with honor
- understandingMental comprehension of something
- open-mindednessAcceptance of differing viewpoints
inclusivity · embrace · harmony · reconciliation · support · validation · blessing · welcome · acknowledgment · affirmation
multicultural
Including multiple ethnic traditions
- cross-culturalInvolving multiple societies
- ecumenicalPromoting religious unity
- interreligiousAcross different faiths
pluralism · syncretism · blended · bicultural · cosmopolitan · hybrid · fusion · mosaic · coexistence · heterogeneity
conflict
Opposition between parties
disapproval · resistance · rejection · opposition · controversy · compromise · negotiation · estrangement · disinheritance · excommunication
children
Young human beings
- parentingNurturing and guiding children
- holidaysDesignated celebration days
- traditionsLong-established customs passed down
in-laws · grandparents · heritage · identity · upbringing · baptism · circumcision · inheritance · lineage · household
- Reform JudaismReform Judaism, ordination of women, egalitarianism, mixed seating, LGBTQ inclusion
- marriagebride, groom, wedding, husband, wife
- church-statechurch-state, separation, church-state separation, establishment clause, religious accommodation
- forbidden loveforbidden love, forbidden romance, illicit love, secret love, forbidden fruit
- religious issueschurch and state, religious freedoms, religious tolerance, religious exemptions, religious minorities
- taboostaboo, incest, cannibalism, bestiality, necrophilia
interfaith marriagesecular marriage
Wedding without religious component
interfaith marriagetraditional marriage
Customary male-female union
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