06-27-2018, 11:08 AM
(06-27-2018, 10:35 AM)Belsnickel Wrote: Marriage is just the English word we use to describe what they had. It is a secular word, though. There have long been things such as common-law marriages, which bore no religious significance but were, by law, marriages. It's etymological roots go back to Latin, describing the relationships in ancient Rome, before Christianity existed.
Interesting.....I had read about the Latin derivative (matyr....or something like that?), I think, somewhere.....but hadn't put two and two together I guess. Thanks for the knowledge.
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