traditional marriage
Old-fashioned matrimonial arrangement
Traditional marriage refers to marriage as historically or culturally defined—typically between one man and one woman, often with religious sanction and legal recognition.
The phrase gained currency in debates over same-sex marriage, where advocates used it to distinguish heterosexual unions from newer legal forms: They believe in traditional marriage.
The term implies continuity with past practice, though what counts as "traditional" varies across cultures and eras.
Married man's role
monogamy · partnership · consummation · helpmate · household · homemaker · breadwinner · companionship
Traditional practices or import taxes
- ritualsCeremonial repeated practices
- ancestryFamily line of descent
- lineageDescent from progenitors
- genealogyStudy of family descent
heirlooms · folklore · clan · tribe · dynasty · kinship · elders · matchmaking
Related people together
- gender rolesExpected behaviors by sex
- patriarchyMale-dominated social order
- normsExpected behavioral standards
- valuesPrinciples held worthwhile
stability · community · society · conservatism · sanctity · legal · religious · civil
husband
Married man's role
conjugal · monogamy · partnership · consummation · helpmate · household · homemaker · breadwinner · companionship · togetherness
customs
Traditional practices or import taxes
genealogy · heirlooms · folklore · clan · tribe · dynasty · kinship · elders · matchmaking · betrothal
family
Related people together
- gender rolesExpected behaviors by sex
- patriarchyMale-dominated social order
- normsExpected behavioral standards
values · stability · community · society · conservatism · sanctity · legal · religious · civil · heteronormative
bride
Woman getting married
chapel · veil · bouquet · processional · reception · ringbearer · toast · organ · banns · officiant
commitment
Firm pledge to act
- fidelityLoyalty or exactness
- faithfulnessDevoted loyalty maintained
- lifelongLasting entire existence
sacred · promise · oath · pledge · devotion · bond · honor · cherish · obey · till death
- marriagebride, groom, wedding, husband, wife
- NigeriaAbuja, Lagos, Independence Day, National Assembly, Niger River
- traditionalismfamily values, nuclear family, morality, patriotism, religious right
- Bugandacoronation rites, royal regalia, totems, Kampala, Entebbe
- Faith and Sexualityhuman sexuality, blessing ceremonies, conversion therapy, religious trauma, coming out
- relationshipsfriends, romantic, family, friend, flirting
traditional marriagesame-sex marriage
Wedlock between like genders
gay marriage · marriage equality · civil union · domestic partnership
traditional marriagepolyamory
Consensual multiple romantic relationships
polygamy · open marriage · polyandry · group marriage · non-monogamy
traditional marriagesingle
One in number
bachelorhood · spinsterhood · singlehood · unmarried · cohabitation
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