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arranged marriage
[ uh-reynjd mar-ij ]
noun
- a marriage in which the bride and groom were chosen to marry each other by their parents or other relatives:
Although arranged marriage is the cultural practice in India, it is no longer the only avenue available to young men and women.
Word History and Origins
Origin of arranged marriage1
Example Sentences
They “hook up” in a manner that makes the casual sex of the 1960s seem like an arranged marriage in Oman.
It was sort of like an arranged marriage that you fall in love with.
The Arranged Marriage that Ended Happily Ever After Mira Jacob, Vogue How my parents fell in love, 30 years later.
Manhattan was the patient groom in my unspoken arranged marriage, the implicit goal of any tri-state suburban childhood.
Which reads, on some levels, as yet another kind of arranged marriage, a comparison Russell agrees with.
To Lady Sarah the news of the arranged marriage was no doubt a severe blow—to her vanity, if not to her heart.
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