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Marriage License

Definition: Marriage License

Marriage License

Noun

1. A license authorizing a man and a woman to marry.

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

Synonym: Marriage License

Synonym: wedding license (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Marriage License

Specialty definitions using "marriage license": License, LICENSE CLERK. (references)

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Modern Usage: Marriage License

DomainUsage

Screenplays

We have to go to City Hall for the marriage license and blood test. (All About Eve; writing credit: Joseph L. Mankiewicz)

Marriage license, did you say marriage license? (Charade; writing credit: Peter Stone; Marc Behm)

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

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Commercial Usage: Marriage License

DomainTitle

Books

  • Marriage License (reference)

  • Marriage License Bonds of the Northumberland County, Virginia from 1783-1850 (reference)

  • The Marriage License Bonds of Accomack County, Virginia, from 1774 to 1806 (reference)

    (more book examples)

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

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Non-Fiction Usage: Marriage License

SubjectTopicQuote

Children

Morocco

Civil status is necessary to obtain a birth certificate, passport, or marriage license. (references)

Civil Liberties

Indonesia

A Ministry of Interior circular issued in late March 2000 permits Confucianism to be listed as a religion on marriage license applications, allowing Confucian marriages to be recognized and registered officially in the country. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Marriage License

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
  ExpressionFrequency
per Day

  marriage license

2,345

  missouri marriage license

47

  california marriage license

188

  minnesota marriage license

46

  texas marriage license

163

  marriage license requirement

45

  florida marriage license

162

  oklahoma marriage license

45

  marriage license ohio

103

  north carolina marriage license

43

  las vegas marriage license

88

  marriage license search

38

  illinois marriage license

82

  pa marriage license

38

  georgia marriage license

71

  oregon marriage license

37

  new york marriage license

70

  south carolina marriage license

37

  michigan marriage license

69

  washington state marriage license

36

  indiana marriage license

62

  wisconsin marriage license

36

  marriage license colorado

61

  louisiana marriage license

35

  maryland marriage license

61

  kentucky marriage license

34

  virginia marriage license

61

  massachusetts marriage license

33

  marriage license pennsylvania

60

  arkansas marriage license

33

  tennessee marriage license

60

  hawaii marriage license

31

  marriage license nevada

58

  new jersey marriage license

31

  marriage license record

51

  ny marriage license

29

  arizona marriage license

50

  new york state marriage license

28

  alabama marriage license

48

  marriage license los angeles

27
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Marriage License

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

Russian 

  

свидетельство о браке (marriage lines). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

licencia de matrimonio (marriage licence). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

vigselbevis (marriage licence). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Marriage License

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-c-e-e-e-g-i-i-l-m-n-r-r-s"

-3 letters: caramelising, greenmailers.

-4 letters: greenmailer, malingerers, mercenaries, mercerising, miscarriage, rereleasing.

-5 letters: animaliers, caramelise, carrageens, cinerarias, creameries, elegancies, generalise, gramercies, greenmails, malingerer, margarines, menageries, mineralise, reclaiming, reimagines, reminiscer, resilience.

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

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Alternative Orthography: Marriage License


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

4D 61 72 72 69 61 67 65      4C 69 63 65 6E 73 65

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

    

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

01001101 01100001 01110010 01110010 01101001 01100001 01100111 01100101 00100000 01001100 01101001 01100011 01100101 01101110 01110011 01100101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#77 &#97 &#114 &#114 &#105 &#97 &#103 &#101 &#32 &#76 &#105 &#99 &#101 &#110 &#115 &#101

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

004D 0061 0072 0072 0069 0061 0067 0065      004C 0069 0063 0065 006E 0073 0065

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

4767848475677371246756971808571

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Quotations: Non-fiction
7. Expressions: Internet
8. Translations: Modern
9. Anagrams
10. Orthography
11. Bibliography


  

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