arranged marriage

noun

ar·​ranged marriage ə-ˈrānjd- 

plural arranged marriages

: a marriage in which the spouses are chosen for each other by their parents

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Recent Examples on the Web

Female friendship, our reviewer, Tatjana Soli, noted, is tested here by class differences, arranged marriages and wartime atrocities. Jennifer Krauss, New York Times, 17 Apr. 2020

For a long time, Raghda and Rafaa seemed fated to retrace the path of their five older sisters: arranged marriages while still young; children soon thereafter; faces covered with the niqab, the black veil that reveals only the eyes. Vivian Yee, New York Times, 14 Mar. 2020

As India has developed, women have become better educated and more empowered, and arranged marriages have declined. Dana G. Smith, Scientific American, 1 Dec. 2018

Legal loopholes at the federal and state levels have allowed forced and arranged marriages to continue, lawmakers and activists fighting to end the practice say. NBC News, 12 Aug. 2019

But for young, American Muslims, whose parents or grandparents adhered to more traditional and strict family obligations in dating, or had arranged marriages, the pull of familial expectations can be tough. Monica Haider, Teen Vogue, 30 July 2019

As a result, many families hastily arrange marriages for unmarried girls and women who are pregnant through rape. Susannah Savage, Washington Post, 22 May 2018

These are arranged marriages: Each contrada meets its horse for the first time just four days before the race. Dwight Garner, New York Times, 16 Apr. 2018

Even arranged marriages have changed among urban, middle-class families. Moni Basu, CNN, 21 Mar. 2018

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Word History

First Known Use

1859, in the meaning defined above