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The time between Epiphany and Ash Wednesday wherein marriages were formerly solemnized publicly in churches. [Eng.]

The property of a woman which, on her marriage, was not made a part of her dower, but remained her own.

The wife of a peer; a woman ennobled in her own right, or by right of marriage.

my; characterized by, or involving, polygamy; having a plurality of wives; as, polygamous marriages; -- opposed to monogamous.

The having of a plurality of wives or husbands at the same time; usually, the marriage of a man to more than one woman, or the practice of having several wives, at the same time; -- opposed to monogamy; as, the nations of the East practiced polygamy. See the Note under Bigamy, and cf. Polyandry.

The state or practice of having several wives at the same time; marriage to several wives. H. Spenser.

ly; as, to pop one off with a denial. Locke. -- To pop the question, to make an offer of marriage to a lady. [Colloq.] Dickens.

Being or happening after marriage; as, a postnuptial settlement on a wife. Kent.

a virilis, or until about the completion of his fourteenth year, and by girls until their marriage. It was also worn by magistrates and priests.

a contract of marriage which, according to the ancient law, rendered void a subsequent marriage solemnized in violation of it. Abbott.

used elliptically in cases like the following: he lived alone [in the time] prior to his marriage.

ucts of manufactures; the products of the brain. There are the product Of those ill-mated marriages. Milton. These institutions are the products of enthusiasm. Burke.

Presiding over marriage. [R.]

s for a treaty of peace; to offer proposals for erecting a building; to make proposals of marriage. "To put forth proposals for a book." Macaulay.

To offer one's self in marriage.

To defer; to delay; to postpone; as, to proroguedeath; to prorogue a marriage. Shak.

A song in celebration of a marriage. Drayton.

To make known by posting, or by reading in a church; as, to publish banns of marriage.

A public notice of intended marriage, required by the laws of some States. [U.S.]

e John of Brabant purchased greatly that the Earl of Flanders should have his daughter in marriage. Ld. Berners.