Meaning

1 senses

  1. A marriage performed by a government official instead of by a member of the clergy.

    standesamtliche Trauung, Zivilehe, Ziviltrauung

    гражда́нский бракgraždánskij brak

    циві́льний шлюбcyvílʹnyj šljub

    a marriage performed by a government official rather than by a clergyman

Examples

1 sentences

  1. A new civil marriage law in Lebanon allows marriages between individuals of different religions.

    deEin neues Zivilehegesetz im Libanon erlaubt Eheschließungen zwischen Angehörigen verschiedener Religionen. — Jens_Odo

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Translations

7 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
marriage performed by a government official instead of by a member of the clergy:
Русский
By meaning 1
marriage performed by a government official instead of by a member of the clergy:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
marriage performed by a government official instead of by a member of the clergy:

Forms

plural: civil marriages
Singularcivil marriage
Pluralcivil marriages

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
cityA1civetciviccivilB1civiliancivilisationB1civilise

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