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trial marriage
noun
- an arrangement by which a couple live together for a period of time to see if they are compatible for marriage.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of trial marriage1
First recorded in 1920–25
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Example Sentences
He had invented trial marriage before sociology was a science.
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The trial marriage is a blending of the customs of both of these.
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Nevertheless he worked on and the trial marriage is his solution of the problem.
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However, it should be said that even a contract marriage is a trial marriage to a great degree.
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I have already spoken of the unusual custom of the trial marriage which exists among the natives of the Far North.
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