arranged marriage

[ uh-reynjd mar-ij ]

noun

1. a marriage in which the bride and groom were chosen to marry each other by their parents or other relatives:

   Although arranged marriage is the cultural practice in India, it is no longer the only avenue available to young men and women.

Word History and Origins

Origin of arranged marriage¹

First recorded in 1835–40

Example Sentences

From 1999 to 2004, Deepak Pawar faced a string of rejections from the arranged marriage market.

From Quartz

They “hook up” in a manner that makes the casual sex of the 1960s seem like an arranged marriage in Oman.

From The Daily Beast

It was sort of like an arranged marriage that you fall in love with.

From The Daily Beast

The Arranged Marriage that Ended Happily Ever After Mira Jacob, Vogue How my parents fell in love, 30 years later.

From The Daily Beast

Manhattan was the patient groom in my unspoken arranged marriage, the implicit goal of any tri-state suburban childhood.

From The Daily Beast

Which reads, on some levels, as yet another kind of arranged marriage, a comparison Russell agrees with.

From The Daily Beast

To Lady Sarah the news of the arranged marriage was no doubt a severe blow—to her vanity, if not to her heart.

From Project Gutenberg