·vt Any intimate or close union.
II. Marriage ·vt The marriage vow or contract.
III. Marriage ·vt A feast made on the occasion of a marriage.
IV. Marriage ·vt The act of marrying, or the state of being married; legal union of a man and a woman for life, as husband and wife; wedlock; matrimony.
V. Marriage ·add. ·noun In bezique, penuchle, and similar games at cards, the combination of a king and queen of the same suit. If of the trump suit, it is called a royal marriage.