mariage de convenance

/ French (marjaʒ də kɔ̃vənɑ̃s) /

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noun plural mariages de convenance

another term for marriage of convenience

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Words nearby mariage de convenance

Mari, Maria, mariachi, Maria de Medici, mariage blanc, mariage de convenance, marialite, Maria Luisa, Marian, Mariana Islands, Marianao

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How to use mariage de convenance in a sentence

Nevertheless, since she married—as girls in France do—not to please herself, but her parents, she made a mariage de convenance.
Night and Morning, Complete|Edward Bulwer-Lytton
Of course I shall have to marry one day or other, but I'm afraid it will be what the French call a mariage de convenance.
By Right of Conquest|Arthur Hornblow
This mariage de convenance brought no happiness to the parties concerned, and ended in completely crushing the unloved wife.
Chantilly in History and Art|Louise M. Richter
It was a mariage de convenance—there'd been no wooing, no winning.
Tales Of Men And Ghosts|Edith Wharton

There had been no suggestion in their many tte--ttes that they were about to embark upon a mariage de convenance.
The Golden Web|Anthony Partridge

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