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civil marriage

civil marriage noun: a marriage performed by a government official instead of by a member of the clergy.

Noun

civil marriage (plural civil marriages)

  1. A marriage performed by a government official instead of by a member of the clergy.

civil marriage meaning in Tamil, Kannada, Tagalog and Thai

civil marriage in Tamil

குடிமுறைத் திருமணம்

civil marriage in Kannada

ಕಾನೂನುಬದ್ಧ ಮದುವೆ

civil marriage in Tagalog

marriage performed by a government official instead of by a member of the clergy
kasal sa huwes

civil marriage in Thai

marriage performed by a government official instead of by a member of the clergy
การสมรสตามกฎหมาย gaan-sǒm-rót-dtaam-gòt-mǎai

Forms of civil marriage

pluralcivil marriages

Questions about civil marriage

What does civil marriage mean?
Civil marriage means a marriage performed by a government official instead of by a member of the clergy.
What is civil marriage in Tamil?
Civil marriage in Tamil is குடிமுறைத் திருமணம். See Civil marriage meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is civil marriage?
Civil marriage is a noun.
What is the plural of civil marriage?
The plural of civil marriage is civil marriages.

Words near civil marriage in the dictionary

  1. civil libertarian
  2. civil liberties
  3. civil liberty
  4. civil list
  5. civil lists
  6. civil marriage
  7. civil marriages
  8. civil parish
  9. civil parishes
  10. civil partner
  11. civil partners

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: civil marriage (page history and authors); civil marriage (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); civil marriage (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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