sacred union

Divinely blessed partnership

Sacred union describes a bond elevated beyond ordinary partnership—typically marriage, but also spiritual or mystical unions between humans and the divine.

The phrase carries religious or ceremonial weight, suggesting something consecrated rather than merely legal or social: They viewed their marriage as a sacred union blessed by God.

In some spiritual traditions, sacred union refers to the mystical joining of complementary forces—masculine and feminine, human and divine, body and soul.

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holy · matrimony · covenant · blood covenant · vows · bond · spiritual · blessed · eternal · eternal love · rite · consecrated · temple · joining · mystical · alchemical · soul mate · handfasting

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sanctity/blessing

sacred unioncivil marriage

Government-sanctioned spousal union

civil union · secular marriage · domestic partnership · marriage of convenience · civil partnership

unity vs. division

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Legal end of matrimony

separation · annulment · dissolution · estrangement · split

moral character of relationship

sacred unionunholy alliance

Partnership between unlikely, corrupt parties

illicit affair · sham marriage

Family

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