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line marriage

line marriage noun: a type of group marriage where new spouses are continually added to the unit over time, allowing the marriage to persist and perpetuate across generations.

Noun

line marriage (plural line marriages)

  1. A type of group marriage where new spouses are continually added to the unit over time, allowing the marriage to persist and perpetuate across generations.

Forms of line marriage

pluralline marriages

Questions about line marriage

What does line marriage mean?
Line marriage means a type of group marriage where new spouses are continually added to the unit over time, allowing the marriage to persist and perpetuate across generations.
What part of speech is line marriage?
Line marriage is a noun.
What is the plural of line marriage?
The plural of line marriage is line marriages.

Words near line marriage in the dictionary

  1. line lock
  2. line locks
  3. line management
  4. line manager
  5. line managers
  6. line marriage
  7. line marriages
  8. line noise
  9. line number
  10. line numbers
  11. line of 7

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