- mixed marriage
- noun Date: circa 1699 a marriage between persons of different races or religions
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
mixed marriage
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Mixed Marriage — • Those between Catholics and non Catholics, when the latter have been baptized in some Christian sect. The term is also used to designate unions between Catholics and infidels Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Mixed Marriage … Catholic encyclopedia
Mixed marriage — Mixed Mixed, a. Formed by mixing; united; mingled; blended. See {Mix}, v. t. & i. [1913 Webster] {Mixed action} (Law), a suit combining the properties of a real and a personal action. {Mixed angle}, a mixtilineal angle. {Mixed fabric}, a textile… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
mixed marriage — mixed marriages N COUNT A mixed marriage is a marriage between two people who are not of the same race or religion … English dictionary
mixed marriage — n [U and C] a marriage between two people from different races or religions … Dictionary of contemporary English
mixed marriage — noun count or uncount a marriage between two people from different races or religions … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
mixed marriage — ► NOUN ▪ a marriage between people of different races or religions … English terms dictionary
mixed marriage — n. marriage between persons of different religions or races … English World dictionary
Mixed marriage — The term mixed marriage originated in Roman Catholicism, where it refers to a marriage between a Catholic and a non Catholic. It may refer to: Intermarriage Cultural exogamy Cultural assimilation Interracial marriage Interreligious marriage, also … Wikipedia
mixed marriage — noun marriage of two people from different races or different religions or different cultures the families of both partners in a mixed marriage often disapprove • Hypernyms: ↑marriage, ↑married couple, ↑man and wife * * * noun, pl ⋯ riages :… … Useful english dictionary
mixed marriage — UK / US noun [countable/uncountable] Word forms mixed marriage : singular mixed marriage plural mixed marriages a marriage between two people from different races or religions … English dictionary
mixed marriage — mixed′ mar′riage n. a marriage between persons of different religions or races • Etymology: 1690–1700 … From formal English to slang
