mar·riage (m?r??j)n.1. a. A legal union between two persons that confers certain privileges and entails certain obligations of each person to the other, formerly restricted in the United States to a union between a woman and a man.b. A similar union of more than two people; a polygamous marriage.c. A union between persons that is recognized by custom or religious tradition as a marriage.d. A common-law marriage.e. The state or relationship of two adults who are married: Their marriage has been a happy one.2. A wedding: Where is the marriage to take place?3. A close union: “the most successful marriage of beauty and blood in mainstream comics” (Lloyd Rose).4. Games The combination of the king and queen of the same suit, as in pinochle.[Middle English mariage, from Old French, from marier, to marry; see marry1.]American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.marriage (?mær?d?) n1. the state or relationship of living together in a legal partnership2. (Law) a. the legal union or contract made by two people to live togetherb. (as modifier): marriage licence; marriage certificate. 3. (Ecclesiastical Terms) the religious or legal ceremony formalizing this union; wedding4. (Law) the religious or legal ceremony formalizing this union; wedding5. a close or intimate union, relationship, etc: a marriage of ideas. 6. (Card Games) (in certain card games, such as bezique, pinochle) the king and queen of the same suit[C13: from Old French; see marry1, -age]Collins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014mar?riage (?mær ?d?) n. 1. the social institution under which a man and woman live as husband and wife by legal or religious commitments. 2. the state, condition, or relationship of being married. 3. the legal or religious ceremony that formalizes marriage. 4. an intimate living arrangement without legal sanction: a trial marriage. 5. any intimate association or union. 6. a blending of different elements or components. [1250?1300;