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traditional marriages

traditional marriages is the plural of traditional marriage.

Meaning of traditional marriage

Noun

traditional marriage (countable and uncountable, plural traditional marriages)

  1. A heterosexual marriage; a social or legal union between two people of opposite sex.
    • For the first time in Gallup's tracking of the issue, a majority of Americans (53%) believe same-sex marriage should be recognized by the law as valid, with the same rights as traditional marriages.2011, Frank Newport/Gallup, For First Time, Majority of Americans Favor Legal Gay Marriage, link
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see traditional, marriage.
    • The third set is the African traditional marriage as well as the Islamic marriage and the Hindu marriage. This is considered to be a potentially polygamous marriage.1993, Kenya National Assembly Official Record (Hansard), page 2661

Questions about traditional marriages

What is traditional marriages the plural of?
Traditional marriages is the plural of traditional marriage.

Words near traditional marriages in the dictionary

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  2. traditional jazz
  3. Traditional Latin Mass
  4. Traditional Latin Masses
  5. traditional marriage
  6. traditional marriages
  7. traditional medicine
  8. traditional medicines
  9. traditional owner
  10. traditional owners
  11. traditional publisher

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