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To: gamesmistress who wrote (262073)	8/19/2008 9:16:34 PM
From: KLP	Respond to of 793964

Better save our old Webster dictionaries....the new definitions are swamping the old... Wonder how long it took them to figure out this term....pretty well covers the gamut of possibilities...including multiple wives.....Didn't they used to call these arrangements a harem? they call it a "personal union of individuals"... Here's what the current Webster's says: merriam-webster.com The current definitions: marriage Boston marriage Celestial marriage Civil marriage Common-law marriage Marriage of convenience Mixed marriage Open marriage Proxy marriage Shotgun marriage Main Entry: mar•riage Pronunciation: \'mer-ij, 'ma-rij\ Function: noun Etymology: Middle English mariage, from Anglo-French, from marier to marry Date: 14th century 1 a (1): the state of being united to a person of the opposite sex as husband or wife in a consensual and contractual relationship recognized by law (2): the state of being united to a person of the same sex in a relationship like that of a traditional marriage <same-sex marriage> b: the mutual relation of married persons : WEDLOCK c: the institution whereby individuals are joined in a marriage2: an act of marrying or the rite by which the married status is effected; especially : the wedding ceremony and attendant festivities or formalities3: an intimate or close union <the marriage of painting and poetry — J. T. Shawcross>