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y." Fielding. My oxen and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready: come unto the marriage. Matt. xxii. 4.

of pipes in an organ. Parish register, A book in which are recorded the births, baptisms, marriages, deaths, and burials in a parish.

ne who registers; a recorder; a keeper of records; as, a registrar of births, deaths, and marriages. See Register, n., 3.

as a matter of blame; to bring shame or disgrace upon; to disgrace. [Obs.] I thought your marriage fit; else imputation, For that he knew you, might reproach your life. Shak.

isen from the dead; future state. In the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage. Matt. xxii. 30.

Revival of a suit which is abated by the death or marriage of any of the parties, -- done by a bill of revivor. Blackstone.

rd finger of the left hand, or the next the little finger, on which the ring is placed in marriage. -- Ring formula (Chem.), a graphic formula in the shape of a closed ring, as in the case of benzene, pyridine, etc. See Illust. under Benzene. -- Ring mail, a kind of mail made of small steel rings sewed upon a garment…

Accomplished by running away or elopment, or during flight; as, a runaway marriage. 3.

Hence, not to be profaned or violated; inviolable. Secrets of marriage still are sacred held. Dryden.

A person whose business is marriage brokage; a marriage broker, esp. among certain Jews.

d permanently; the sum secured to a person; especially, a jointure made to a woman at her marriage; also, in the United States, a sum of money or other property formerly granted to a pastor in additional to his salary.

In a sick manner or condition; ill. My people sickly [with ill will] beareth our marriage. Chaucer.

Fig.: That which supplies strength or power. The portion and sinew of her fortune, her marriage dowry. Shak. The bodies of men, munition, and money, may justly be called the sinews of war. Sir W. Raleigh.

The act of solemnizing; celebration; as, the solemnization of a marriage.

ual ceremonies, or according to legal forms. Baptism to be administered in one place, and marriage solemnized in another. Hooker.

Relating to marriage, or to a spouse; spousal.

Of or pertaining to a spouse or marriage; nuptial; matrimonial; conjugal; bridal; as, spousal rites; spousal ornaments. Wordsworth.

n, in distinct from a spousess or married woman; a bridegroom or husband. [Obs.] At which marriage was [were] no person present but the spouse, the spousess, the Duchess of Bedford her mother, the priest, two gentlewomen, and a young man. Fabyan.

an who has married an Indian squaw; sometimes, one who has gained tribal rights by such a marriage; -- often a term of contempt. [Western U. S.]

indicate that the person thus spoken of is not a blood relative, but is a relative by the marriage of a parent; as, a stepmother to X is the wife of the father of X, married by him after the death of the mother of X. See Stepchild, Stepdaughter, Stepson, etc.