Spouse
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A spouse is a significant other in a marriage. A female spouse is called a wife while a male spouse is called a husband.
Husband and wife, 1951
Marriage of the Virgin, a Renaissance period painting depicting a marriage
Marriage
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Marriage, also called matrimony or wedlock, is a culturally and often legally recognised union between people called spouses. It establishes rights and obligations between them, as well as between the
Spouse
…A spouse is a significant other in a marriage. A female spouse is called a wife while a male spouse is called a husband. The legal status of a spouse, and the specific rights and obligations…
Chinese immigrant with his three wives and fourteen children, Cairns, 1904
In an 1828 "Wife Wanted" advertisement, an Englishman claiming a "great taste for building" pledges to apply a prospective wife's dowry-like £1000+ to build property that will be "settled on her for life".
The wedding of Rinchen Lhamo, a Tibetan woman, and Louis King, an Englishman
An arranged marriage between Louis XIV of France and Maria Theresa of Spain