commitment ceremony
[ kuh-mit-muhnt ser-uh-moh-nee ]
noun
a ceremony and celebration that affirms the love and commitment between two people who cannot or do not want to marry each other, typically a same-sex couple.
Origin of commitment ceremony
1First recorded in 1985–90
Words Nearby commitment ceremony
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How to use commitment ceremony in a sentence
One of these is Cameron, an African-American woman planning a commitment ceremony with Amber, her partner of four years.
When they decided to have a commitment ceremony, this was long before gay marriage, so it was a pretty big deal.
Rather, this public commitment ceremony was designed to also bind them to Shivaya, their new 60-something "husband."
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