Meaning | The condition of being married or unmarried. |
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Category | law, jurisprudence | The collection of rules imposed by authority |
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Narrower | bachelorhood | The state of being an unmarried man |
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civil union | A voluntary union for life (or until divorce) of adult parties of the same sex |
marriage, matrimony, union, spousal relationship, wedlock | The state of being a married couple voluntarily joined / joined for life (or until divorce) |
spinsterhood | The state of being a spinster (usually an elderly unmarried woman) |
widowhood | The state of being a widow who has not remarried |
Broader | legal status | A status defined by law |
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Spanish | estado civil |
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Catalan | estat civil |
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