Dictionary
Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
traditional marriage en · NOUN
Meanings
-
(countable, uncountable) A heterosexual marriage; a social or legal union between two people of opposite sex.
For the first time in Gallup's tracking of the issue, a majority of Americans (53%) believe same-sex marriage should be recognized by the law as valid, with the same rights as traditional marriages.
2011, Frank Newport/Gallup, For First Time, Majority of Americans Favor Legal Gay Marriage, link:
-
(countable, uncountable) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see traditional, marriage.
A great deal has been written about polygamy as a traditional marriage system in all Africa of which Iboland is a part.
1974, Edmund Ilogu, Christianity and Ibo culture, page 220:The third set is the African traditional marriage as well as the Islamic marriage and the Hindu marriage. This is considered to be a potentially polygamous marriage.
1993, Kenya National Assembly Official Record (Hansard), page 2661:
Forms