Ceremony and Marriage

Ceremony

Ceremony noun - An oft-repeated action or series of actions performed in accordance with tradition or a set of rules.

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Marriage and ceremony are semantically related in wedding topic. In some cases you can use "Marriage" instead a noun "Ceremony".

Marriage noun - A union representing a special kind of social and legal partnership between two people.

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Ceremony and marriage are semantically related in wedding topic. Sometimes you can use "Ceremony" instead a noun "Marriage".

Nearby Words: marry, married, marriageable

long	long ceremony	long marriage
brief	brief ceremony	brief marriage
complete	complete ceremony	complete marriage
fake	fake ceremony	fake marriage
Other adjectives: proper, actual, entire, real, great, happy, new, traditional, last, previous, planned.

The wedding ceremony may have no bearing on the legal status of the marriage, although in certain jurisdictions the parties do have to take certain specific oaths for a marriage to be valid.

Source: Wedding Deadline
It wasn't always a happy marriage (indeed, they were bickering through their own wedding ceremony!), but at the same time, they did care deeply for one another.

Source: Arranged Marriage
It's unclear whether her coronation doubles as her wedding, but it's still a pimped-out frock and it still involves a ceremony that signifies her marriage to a man.

Source: Fairytale Wedding Dress

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Marriage and Ceremony. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 10, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/ceremony/marriage

Ceremony & Marriage. N.p., 2016. Web. 10 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/ceremony/marriage>.

Marriage or Ceremony. 2016. Accessed August 10, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/ceremony/marriage.

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