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Josephite marriages

Josephite marriages is the plural of Josephite marriage.

Meaning of Josephite marriage

Noun

Josephite marriage (countable and uncountable, plural Josephite marriages)

  1. A marriage in which the couple do not have sexual relations with each other, often (but not necessarily) for religious reasons. Such marriages are not considered sham marriages as long as there is true partnership and a common household.

Questions about Josephite marriages

What is Josephite marriages the plural of?
Josephite marriages is the plural of Josephite marriage.

Words near Josephite marriages in the dictionary

  1. Josephinism
  2. josephinite
  3. Josephism
  4. Josephite
  5. Josephite marriage
  6. Josephite marriages
  7. Josephites
  8. Josepholatry
  9. Josephological
  10. Josephologist
  11. Josephologists

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Josephite marriages (page history and authors); Josephite marriage (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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