(a) The act or action of marrying; the state or condition of being married, matrimony, marriage, wedlock; also in fig. context; taken to (in-to) ~, to marry (sb.); yeven to ~, give (sb.) in marriage; (b) the marriage ceremony, usu. including the accompanying social festivities; also fig. and in fig. context; pl. wedding ceremonies; also, a wedding ceremony, nuptials [transl. of L nuptiae]; (c) in cpds. and combs.: ~ cloth (cote, garnement, goune), a wedding garment;—freq. used fig. or in fig. context; ~ daies, the days before and after a wedding;—used in fig. context; ~ dore, the church door or porch as a place for conducting the marriage ceremony; ~ hous, a bridal chamber; ~ messe, a nuptial mass; ~ ring, a ring given by the groom to his bride as part of the marriage ceremony.

The action of associating (with sth.), committing oneself or submitting (to sth.); also, a union, commitment.