marital union
Legally bound together
Marital union is a formal term for marriage—the legal or religious bond between spouses.
The phrase appears in legal documents, religious texts, and policy discussions: The marital union was dissolved after fifteen years.
It emphasizes the institutional joining of two people rather than the relationship or ceremony itself.
- vowsSolemn binding promises
- weddingMarriage rite and feast
- tying the knotGetting married
- wedding vowsSpoken marriage commitments
- hymenealOf or concerning marriage
spousal rights · partner · wedding bands · love · happily ever after · till death do us part · connubial · ring · betrothal · nuptials · covenant · wedlock · trust · spouse · conjugal · husband · prenuptial agreement · consummation
marital unionsinglehood
Unmarried state
bachelorhood · single life · spinsterhood · celibacy · cohabitation
marital uniondivorce
Legal end of matrimony
separation · annulment · dissolution · legal separation · marital breakdown