traditional marriages
Time-honored matrimonial bonds
Traditional marriages are marriages that follow long-established customs, typically between a man and a woman with conventional roles and expectations.
The phrase gained political currency in debates over same-sex marriage, where defenders of traditional marriage argued for preserving the male-female definition.
The plural often appears in discussions of cultural or religious practices: Traditional marriages in that region are arranged by families.
- vowsSolemn binding promises
- til death do us partMarriage oath of permanence
- holy matrimonySacred rite of spousal union
- nuptialsVows and rings
- childrenYoung human beings
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traditional marriagescohabitation
Dwelling together unmarried
common-law relationships · living together · living in sin · domestic partnerships · civil unions
traditional marriagesopen marriages
Matrimony allowing other partners
group marriages · relationship anarchy · same-sex marriages · polygamy · polyandry
traditional marriagessame-sex marriages
Unions between partners alike
gay marriages · civil unions · domestic partnerships · interfaith marriages
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