society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > wedding or nuptials > [verb (intransitive)] > join hands (of couple being married) (3)
to join hands (from 2). literal. (a) To fold or clasp one's hands together; (b) of two persons, To grasp each the hand of the other, in token of…
transitive. To cause (hands) to be joined, esp. as part of a betrothal or marriage ceremony. Also: to join (one's hand) with another. Cf. sense 7a.