Couple
Couple noun - A small number.
Man and wife and couple are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Man and wife" instead a noun "Couple".
Man and wife
Man and wife noun - Two people who are married to each other.
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Synonyms for Man and wife
Couple and man and wife are semantically related. You can use "Couple" instead a noun phrase "Man and wife".
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- In a few religious traditions, marriage begins exactly at the moment the couple have both said "I do" or the priest says "I pronounce you man and wife".
Source: Wedding Deadline - Loophole Abuse: By canonical law the priest was only a witness of the wedding, and as long as the couple declared themselves man and wife in his presence and that of two other witnesses the wedding was perfectly valid.
Source: Literature / The Betrothed
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