Citations:marriage

union of two or more people

 * circa 1600–1630, Thomas Taylor, sermon quoted in 1653 in The Works of the Faithful Servant of Jesus Christ, Dr. Thom. Taylor, page 501:
 * But Esau, their sonnes marriage [to two Hittites], was an affliction of spirit to them.
 * 1715, Of the Rights of War and Peace (Hugo Grotius), Book II, page 106:
 * but yet neither is Esau&apos;s Marriage [to the two Hittites] pronounced void, nor his Children declared Illegitimate, for being married without such [parental] Consent and Direction.
 * 1755, The Holy Bible, both Old and New Testament, Digested, Illustrated, and Explained, second edition, page 59:
 * Of Esau's Marriage and Jacob's Deceit. [...] But Esau, being now forty years of age, took a false step by marrying not only without his parents consent; but with two wives, daughters of the Hittites.

royal marriage (card game sense)

 * 1911, in The Smart Set, volume 35 (George Jean Nathan, Henry Louis Mencken), page 57:
 * "I declare a royal marriage and four aces." Monsieur Alphonse spread the cards at his left hand, marked one hundred and forty points to his score, then carefully drew from the pack.