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单词 commitment ceremony
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commitment ceremony
commitment ceremony n. (a) U.S. a ceremony marking the committal of a body to the grave; (b) a ceremony at which a couple in a romantic relationship declare their long-term commitment to one another without becoming legally married (now the usual sense).
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1920 Amer. Jrnl. Nursing 21 96 On the day of the commitment ceremony.., groups of nurses and other visitors began collecting about the Nurses' Plot.
1976 Tucson (Arizona) Daily Citizen 12 Jan. 20/7 There will be a simple commitment ceremony for the family at 3 p.m...in Tucson Memorial Park East Lawn Cemetery.
1985 Irish Times 5 Oct. (Weekend section) 4/2 Christine and Sheila..had a Commitment Ceremony where a priest..read passages from the Book of Ruth and the theme was ‘where thou goest I will go.’
1995 Atlanta Jrnl. & Constit. (Nexis) 22 June 6 e A few large daily newspapers..carry commitment ceremony announcements.
2002 Daily Mirror (Nexis) 25 Oct. 34 Commitment ceremonies for straight and gay couples can now be held at the county's register offices.
2010 B. Denizet-Lewis Amer. Voyeur 259 Legal or not, I was going to have a commitment ceremony in front of the people who matter to me.
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