noun (n)

• the state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for life (or until divorce)(noun.state)

  Example:
  A long and happy marriage.
  

  Synonym:
  matrimony, spousal relationship, union, wedlock
  

  source: wordnet30
• two people who are married to each other(noun.group)

  Example:
  His second marriage was happier than the first.
  

  Synonym:
  man and wife, married couple
  

  source: wordnet30
• the act of marrying; the nuptial ceremony(noun.act)

  Example:
  Their marriage was conducted in the chapel.
  

  Synonym:
  marriage ceremony, wedding
  

  source: wordnet30
• a close and intimate union(noun.state)

  Example:
  The marriage of music and dance.
  A marriage of ideas.
  

  source: wordnet30
• The act of marrying, or the state of being married; legal union of a man and a woman for life, as husband and wife; wedlock; matrimony.(noun)

  source: webster1913
• In bézique, penuchle, and similar games at cards, the combination of a king and queen of the same suit. If of the trump suit, it is called a royal marriage.(noun)

  source: webster1913