mariage blanc

British  

/ marjaʒ blɑ̃ /

noun

1. unconsummated marriage

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Etymology

Origin of mariage blanc

C20: literally: white marriage

Example Sentences

She did move to New York and live in a mariage blanc with a young gay man.

From The Guardian

Here the danger is irremovable from the physical essentia of the marriage itself, and in such a case, no matter how high the personal qualities of the man who may, for instance, have been infected by accident in the course of his duty as a doctor, even childless marriage other than the mariage blanc must be, at any rate, postponed until the disease has been cured.

From Project Gutenberg