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Marriage and the Family
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Religious Studies
10th Grade
05/04/2011

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Term
Marriage
Definition
condition of a man and woman
legally united for purpose of living together
and usually creating lawful offspring
Term
Cohabitation
Definition
live together as husband
and wife when not married to each other
Term
Civil Partnership
Definition
a legal ceremony
giving a homosexual couple the same
legal rights as a married couple
Term
Promoscuity
Definition
having sexual relations not
limited by marriage or cohabitation, casual
sex
Term
Adultery
Definition
voluntary sexual intercourse
between a married person and someone
other than their spouse
Term
Monogamy
Definition
marriage to only one partner
Term
Polygamy
Definition
marriage to more than
one partner at a time
Term
Bigamy
Definition
the crime of marrying when
already married to another person
Term
Divorce
Definition
legally dissolve a marriage so
that the spouses are free to marry
someone else
Term
Re- Marriage
Definition
Marrying again after being divorced
Term
Serial Monogamy
Definition
marriage to several
people in your lifetime, but separated by
divorce so that you are only married to one
partner at a time
Term
Annulment
Definition
a marriage that has been
declared invalid
Term
Nuclear Family
Definition
two parents and their children living alone
Term
Extended Family
Definition
grandparents, parents,
aunts, uncles, cousins & children; either
living together or living close enough to
see each other regularly
Term
One parent family
Definition
one parent living
with children alone due to divorce,
separation, or death of the spouse or
partner
Term
Reconstituted Family
Definition
where two sets of
children (step-brothers and sisters)
become one family when their divorced
parents marry each other
Term
Contraception
Definition
the deliberate prevention
of conception, birth control
Term
Faithfulness
Definition
staying with your
spouse/partner and having sex only with
them
Term
Homosexuality
Definition
sexual attraction to the
same sex
Term
Pre-marital sex
Definition
Sex before marriage
Term
Procreation
Definition
making a new life
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