The wedding Are your family coming over from Greece for the wedding? I got completely drunk at my sister's wedding. They haven't yet settled when the wedding is going to be. The wedding's off - she's decided she's too young to settle down. We always celebrate our wedding anniversary with a bottle of champagne. Married" and "Matrimony" redirect here. For other uses, see Married (disambiguation) and Matrimony (disambiguation). A pair of wedding rings Part of a series on the Anthropology of kinship Basic concepts[hide] Affinity Consanguinity Marriage Incest taboo Endogamy Exogamy Moiety Monogamy Polygyny Polygamy Concubinage Polyandry Bride price Bride service Dowry Parallel / cross cousins Cousin marriage Levirate Sororate Ghost marriage Joking relationship Family Lineage Clan Cohabitation Fictive / Milk / Nurture kinship Descent Cognatic / Bilateral Matrilateral House society Avunculate Linealities Ambilineality Unilineality Matrilineality Patrilineality Household forms and residence Extended Matrifocal Matrilocal Nuclear Patrilocal Terminology[show] Case studies[show] Major theorists[show] Related articles[show] Social anthropology Cultural anthropology vte 人間関係 Relationships （Outline） Types[hide] Genetic Kinship Family Sibling Cousin By marriage Husband Wife Open marriage Polyandry Polygamy Polygyny Mixed-orientation Partner · Partners Significant other Boyfriend Girlfriend Cohabitation Same-sex Life partner Friendship (romantic) Sexual Casual Monogamy Non-monogamy Mutual monogamy Polyamory Polyfidelity Cicisbeo Concubinage Courtesan Mistress Activities[show] Endings[show] Emotions and feelings[show] Practices[show] Abuse[show] vte Swedish royal wedding clothes from 1766 at Livrustkammaren in Stockholm Marriage, also called matrimony or wedlock, is a socially or ritually recognised union between spouses that establishes rights and obligations between those spouses, as well as between them and any resulting biological or adopted children and affinity (in-laws and other family through marriage).[1] The definition of marriage varies around the world not only between cultures and between religions, but also throughout the history of any given culture and religion, evolving to both expand and constrict in who and what is encompassed, but typically it is principally an institution in which interpersonal relationships, usually sexual, are acknowledged or sanctioned. In some cultures, marriage is recommended or considered to be compulsory before pursuing any sexual activity. When defined broadly, marriage is considered a cultural universal. A marriage ceremony is known as a wedding. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marriage