spiritual marriage
Celibate sacred bond
Spiritual marriage describes a union between two people based on emotional, intellectual, or religious connection rather than physical intimacy or legal recognition.
The term appears in religious contexts for celibate partnerships devoted to shared faith, and in esoteric traditions for mystical union with the divine or a spiritual entity.
More loosely, it describes any deeply bonded relationship where partners feel connected on a soul level: Theirs was a spiritual marriage—they rarely touched but understood each other completely.
- sacred unionSpiritually blessed joining
- holy matrimonySacred rite of spousal union
- mystical unionSpiritual fusion with deity
- divine unionSpiritual oneness with deity
- celibateAbstaining from sex
chaste · twin flame · soul connection · soulmate · covenant · eternal · eternal bond · consecration · devotion · bride of Christ · vows · transcendent · alchemy · communion · beloved · monastery · convent · nuptial
- mysticismmystic, gnosis, divine union, divine spark, mystical
- Christian Mysticismmystical union, divine union, contemplative life, dark night of the soul, mystical states
- Medieval MysticismHildegard of Bingen, divine union, mystical union, Gelassenheit, Godhead
- Spanish MysticismTeresa of Avila, John of the Cross, dark night of the soul, San Juan, dark night
- Swedenborgianismcorrespondences, glorification, memorabilia, New Jerusalem, literal sense
spiritual marriagecivil marriage
Government-sanctioned spousal union
secular marriage · marriage of convenience · civil union · legal marriage · legal union
spiritual marriagecasual sex
Uncommitted physical intimacy
one-night stand · hookup · friends with benefits · fornication
spiritual, spiritually, spirituality, spirit, spirits, spirited, dispirited, spiritualism, spiritualist