Meanings
plural traditional marriages
- countableuncountableA heterosexual marriage; a social or legal union between two people of opposite sex.
For the first time in Gallup's tracking of the issue, a majority of Americans (53%) believe same-sex marriage should be recognized by the law as valid, with the same rights as traditional marriages.
2011, Frank Newport/Gallup, For First Time, Majority of Americans Favor Legal Gay Marriage, link - countableuncountableUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see traditional, marriage.
A great deal has been written about polygamy as a traditional marriage system in all Africa of which Iboland is a part.
1974, Edmund Ilogu, Christianity and Ibo culture, page 2201 more example
The third set is the African traditional marriage as well as the Islamic marriage and the Hindu marriage. This is considered to be a potentially polygamous marriage.
1993, Kenya National Assembly Official Record (Hansard), page 2661
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