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Civil marriage Moderate

Origin: French suffix -age

Civil marriage has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

a marriage performed by a government official rather than by a clergyman

2

A marriage performed by a government official instead of by a member of the clergy.

See Also
government official clergy civil partnership marriage coemption civil union
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
marriage
Rhyming Words
age sage tage rage wage aage mage yage lage cage gage page nage kage swage adage plage brage phage stage
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