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Marriage Ceremony

Definition: Marriage Ceremony

Marriage Ceremony

Noun

1. The act of marrying; the nuptial ceremony; "their marriage was conducted in the chapel".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Synonyms: Marriage Ceremony

Synonyms: marriage (n), wedding (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Marriage Ceremony

English words defined with "marriage ceremony": bride, bridegroomcommon-law marriage, completedgroommarriage, marry, matrimonynuptialssplicetiewed, wedding, wedding ceremony. (references)
Specialty definitions using "marriage ceremony": Breaking a StickMarriage KnotRaul. (references)

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Image Slideshow: Marriage Ceremony

Photos:
Marriage Ceremony

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Photo Album: Marriage Ceremony

ThumbnailDescription & Credit

George Zaharias and Babe Didrikson during marriage ceremony before Justice of Peace A.P. Jannopoulo and attendants Mr. and Mrs. Tom Packs in St. Louis, Mo.Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Sounds Captioned with "Marriage Ceremony".

PlayCaption
Wedding; church; groom; bride; bells; bells; bridal; espousal; marriage; marriage ceremony; matrimony; nuptial rite; nuptials; spousal; union; wedlock.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Marriage Ceremony

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

  marriage ceremony

160

  interfaith marriage ceremony

3
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Marriage Ceremony

Language Translations for "marriage ceremony"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

vielse. (various references)

   

Dutch

  

huwelijk (marriage, matrimony). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

vihkiäiset (consecration, dedication, inauguration, wedding). (various references)

   

French

  

mariage (getting married, marriage, match, matrimony). (various references)

   

German

  

Eheschließung (wedding). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

γάμος (marriage, wedding). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

חופ" (canopy, wedding). (various references)

   

Italian

  

matrimonio (alliance, espousal, marriage, match, matrimony, wedding), celebrazione del matrimonio. (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

結婚式 (wedding). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

""れい (wedding), けっ""しき (wedding). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

arriagemay eremonycay

   

Portuguese

  

casamento (bridal, espousal, marriage, match, matrimony, matrix, nuptials, union, wedding, wedlock). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

брачная церемония. (various references)

   

Scottish

  

pòs (marry, perform the marriage ceremony). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

boda (bridal, marriage, wedding, wedding-party). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

vigselakt. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Marriage Ceremony

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-c-e-e-e-g-i-m-m-n-o-r-r-r-y"

-4 letters: micromanager.

-5 letters: micromanage.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Marriage Ceremony


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

4D 61 72 72 69 61 67 65      43 65 72 65 6D 6F 6E 79

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001101 01100001 01110010 01110010 01101001 01100001 01100111 01100101 00100000 01000011 01100101 01110010 01100101 01101101 01101111 01101110 01111001

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#77 &#97 &#114 &#114 &#105 &#97 &#103 &#101 &#32 &#67 &#101 &#114 &#101 &#109 &#111 &#110 &#121

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

004D 0061 0072 0072 0069 0061 0067 0065      0043 0065 0072 0065 006D 006F 006E 0079

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

476784847567737123771847179818091

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Images: Slideshow
5. Images: Photo Album
6. Sounds
7. Expressions: Internet
8. Translations: Modern
9. Anagrams
10. Orthography
11. Bibliography


  

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