| 单词 | marriage contract |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmarriage contract marriage contract n. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > wedding or nuptials > gifts and payments > [noun] > marriage settlement marriage contract1592 marriage agreement?c1663 marriage articlesa1668 marriage deed1678 marriage settlement1678 tocher-band1792 contract1815 ketubah1841 1592 A. Munday tr. E. de Maisonneufve Gerileon of Englande: 2nd Pt. ii. xvii. sig. S4 It were more necessary to incite the Corsean king, to write rather of a treatie of mariage with the kings daughter,..and while they should consider on this marriage contract, it might bee a meane of peace with Floridamant. 1648 S. Rutherford Surv. Spirituall Antichrist ii. 129 Just as if the heire of a King..should oblige himselfe, under his hand and seale, in the Marriage-contract,..to bestow this chaine on her freely. 1722 D. Defoe Moll Flanders 149 The Linner [sic] Draper..had no power to Discharge me from the Marriage Contract which was between us, or to give me a legal liberty to marry again. 1824 J. S. Mill in Westm. Rev. 1 537 Plato is represented as exceedingly wicked, for having expounded, in his Republic, the footing upon which he thought that the marriage contract could most advantageously be placed. 1961 Bible (New Eng.) Matt. i. 19 Joseph desired to have the marriage contract set aside quietly. 2012 B. Jacobson Renegotiate your Marriage Introd. p. xvii Renegotiating your marriage contract on a regular basis is the single best thing you can do to fortify the foundation of a long-term, happy union. < as lemmas |
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