MARRIAGES

"MARRIAGES" is a plural of: marriage.

Date "MARRIAGES" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1350. (references)

Literature

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Crosswords: MARRIAGES

Tell me is it one in four marriages that end in divorce these days or one in three? (Bridget Jones's Diary; writing credit: Helen Fielding)

Studies I've seen say the number one reason marriages are successful is because the two people involved have a lot in common. (Passions; writing credit: Jean Chapot; Nelly Kaplan)

The Bings have horrible marriages! They yell. (Friends; writing credit: Jörn O. Jensen; Birger Larsen)

Marriages don't break up on account of infidelity. (When Harry Met Sally...; writing credit: Nora Ephron)

Well, hardest substance found in nature, they cut glass, suggest marriages, I suppose it replaced the dog as the girl's best friend. (Diamonds Are Forever; writing credit: Richard Maibaum)

Marriages Are Made (1918)

Trial Marriages (1906)

Two Marriages (1983)

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Books

• "Not to People Like Us": Hidden Abuse in Upscale Marriages (reference)

• Cutting Loose: Why Women Who End Their Marriages Do So Well (reference)

• Marriages and Families: Making Choices in a Diverse Society (reference)

• Wedded Strangers: The Challenges of Russian-American Marriages (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Marriages And Divorces Australia (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies

• Love Chronicles - Arranged Marriages (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

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Divorce does more than break up marriages... Credit: National Library of Medicine.

A well earned rest after an unusually busy summer season, which culminates in a long list of autumn marriages. Credit: Library of Congress.

Marriages here, Salome, Arizona. Credit: Library of Congress.

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In their marriages they are exactly careful to choose such colors as will not make any disagreeable mixture in the breed.

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Health

The parents are usually asymptomatic but carry the gene. Cousin marriages are more common in these families than in others. (references)

Business

Most women play a subordinate role in this family centered society because of early marriages and traditional attitudes about women's activities. (references)

Children

Uzbekistan

There also is evidence that earlier marriages among young rural women have contributed to a higher drop out rate for young women. (references)

Guinea

Although such marriages are prohibited by law, parents contract marriages for girls as young as 11 years of age in the forest region. (references)

Togo

In November traditional chiefs met and agreed to set up watchdog committees and conduct awareness campaigns against the abuse of children, especially trafficking, confinement in voodoo shrines, FGM, torture, forced marriages, and other forms of sexual harassment. (references)

Civil Liberties

Iran

Marriages between Muslim women and non-Muslim men are not recognized. (references)

Iran

This measure effectively permits the registration of Baha'i marriages in the country. (references)

Israel and the occupied territories

The State does not recognize marriages or conversions to Judaism performed in the country by non-Orthodox rabbis. (references)

Economic History

Japan

Many marriages are held in the shrines, and children are brought after birth and on certain anniversary dates; special shrine days are celebrated for certain occasions, and numerous festivals are held throughout the year. (references)

Human Rights

Turkmenistan

There were no reports of marriages in the country under the new law. (references)

Oman

Delays or denial of permission have resulted in secret marriages within the country. (references)

Indigenous People

Dominica

An estimated 25 percent of the Carib Indian population is believed to be in mixed marriages or relationships. (references)

Minorities

Syria

They also encounter difficulties in enrolling their children in school, and in some cases, in registering their marriages. (references)

Pakistan

Many Christians continue to express fear of forced marriages between Muslim men and Christian women, although the practice is relatively rare. (references)

Political Economy

Turkmenistan

The Government sought to limit marriages between citizens and foreigners. (references)

Sudan

Unofficial, non-registered marriages, known as orfy or traditional weddings, are valid legally but do not guarantee the wife's legal rights. (references)

Sudan

The SPLM recognizes traditional courts or "Courts of Elders," which usually hear matters of personal affairs such as marriages and dowries, and base their decisions on traditional and customary law. (references)

Women

Lebanon

Only religious authorities may perform marriages. (references)

Swaziland

In traditional marriages, a man may take more than one wife. (references)

Barbados

It applies equally to marriages and to common law relationships. (references)

Worker Rights

Indonesia

If such marriages fail, the women have no legal recourse. (references)

Vietnam

Vietnamese women are trafficked to Cambodia and China for sexual exploitation and arranged marriages. (references)

Azerbaijan

Following parental permission for such marriages the women were transported to Iran to work as prostitutes. (references)

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Ending with "MARRIAGES": gospel-marriages.

Danish

folkeregister (marriages and deaths, municipal registry of births), aegteskabers gyldighed (validity of marriages), ægteskabelig fertilitet (fertility of marriages, marital fertility). (various references)

Dutch

Wet op de Schijnhuwelijken (Marriages of Convenience Act), verduistering van documenten van de burgerlijke stand (destroying documentary evidence of civil status at the registry of births, marriages and deaths), Verdrag inzake de huwelijkstoestemming,de minimumleeftijd waarop een huwelijk mag worden aangegaan en de registratie van huwelijken (Convention on Consent to Marriage, Minimum Age for Marriage and Registration of Marriages), Verdrag inzake de erkenning van beslissingen betreffende de huwelijksband (Convention on the Recognition of Decisions relating to the Validity of Marriages), register van de burgerlijke stand (marriages and deaths, register of births), huwelijksvruchtbaarheid (fertility of marriages, marital fertility), de rechtsgeldigheid van huwelijken (validity of marriages), burgerlijke stand (marriages and deaths, municipal registry of births, vital records), bureau van de burgerlijke stand (marriages and deaths, municipal registry of births), Besluit Burgerlijke Stand (Births, Marriages and Deaths(Registration)Decree), Ambtenaar van de Burgerlijke Stand (marriages and deaths, Registrar of births). (various references)

Finnish

väestörekisterikeskus (marriages and deaths, municipal registry of births), väestörekisteri (marriages and deaths, register of births), siviilisäätyä koskevien tietojen poistaminen väestörekisteristä (destroying documentary evidence of civil status at the registry of births, marriages and deaths). (various references)

French

se marier (be getting married, be married, get married, marry, mate). (various references)

German

Heiraten (get married, marriage, marry, to marry, wed). (various references)

Greek 

κύρος του γάμου (validity of marriages), γονιμότητα γάμου (fertility of marriages, marital fertility). (various references)

Italian

validit� del matrimonio (validity of marriages), stato civile (marital condition, marital status, marriages and deaths, municipal registry of births), soppressione di stato civile (destroying documentary evidence of civil status at the registry of births, marriages and deaths), registro dello stato civile (marriages and deaths, register of births), fertilit� del matrimonio (fertility of marriages, marital fertility). (various references)

Pig Latin

arriagesmay

Portuguese

registo civil (marriages and deaths, municipal registry of births, register of births), nulidade do casamento (validity of marriages), fertilidade matrimonial (fertility of marriages, marital fertility), Convenção sobre o Consentimento para o Casamento,a Idade Mínima para o Casamento e o Registo de Casamentos (Convention on Consent to Marriage, Minimum Age for Marriage and Registration of Marriages), conservador do registo civil (marriages and deaths, Registrar of births), cancelamento do registo civil (destroying documentary evidence of civil status at the registry of births, marriages and deaths). (various references)

Romanian

registru de stare civilã. (various references)

Russian 

женитьба по необходимости (shotgun marriage, shotgun marriages, shotgun wedding, shotgun weddings). (various references)

Spanish

casar (blend, marry, marry off, tie, unite, Wed). (various references)

Swedish

obehörig åtgärd varigenom en person avförs ur folkbokföringen (destroying documentary evidence of civil status at the registry of births, marriages and deaths), folkbokföringsregister (marriages and deaths, register of births), folkbokföringsmyndighet (marriages and deaths, municipal registry of births). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations

Words ending with "MARRIAGES": intermarriages, mismarriages, premarriages, remarriages. (additional references)

Misspellings

"MARRIAGES" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: arreages, mairrage, maragos, mariag, mariage, marrage, marraige, marraines, marriag, marriagist, marriege, marrige, matriage, Mayrieres, metreage. (additional references)

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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: gramaries.

-1 letter: armigers, marriage.

-2 letters: armiger, gisarme, imagers, marries, mirages.

-3 letters: ageism, agrias, aimers, airers, amigas, armers, armies, gamers, gamier, gramas, grimes, imager, images, maigre, marges, mirage, raiser, ramies, rearms, rerigs, rimers, sagier, sierra.

-4 letters: aegis, agars, agers, agism, agmas, agria, aimer, airer, amias, amies, amiga, amirs, areas, arias, arise, armer, arras, arris, emirs, gamas, gamer.

+1 letter: margarines, margarites.

+2 letters: margravines, miscarriage, mismarriage, remarriages, rigamaroles.

+3 letters: arraignments, arteriograms, dramaturgies, embarrassing, magistrature, margraviates, menorrhagias, miscarriages, mismarriages, premarriages, transmigrate.

+4 letters: magistratures, metrorrhagias, micromanagers, transmigrated, transmigrates.

+5 letters: disarrangement, embarrassingly, ferromagnesian, intermarriages, oleomargarines.