Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The state of being marriageable, or the degree to which a person may be considered marriageable.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The quality or state of being marriageable.
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- noun The condition of being
marriageable
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun eligibility for marriage
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Examples
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I wonder about the idea of marriageability from the man's viewpoint.
A Genre Break - Duty and Desire Tia Nevitt 2008
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I would never have thought we orthodox Jews would arrive at a stage where our young men of marriageability have become so one-dimensional that their superficiality and pickyness would begin to literally kill our young women.
Rabbi Shmuley Boteach: Anorexia and The New Values of Courtship Rabbi Shmuley Boteach 2011
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I would never have thought we orthodox Jews would arrive at a stage where our young men of marriageability have become so one-dimensional that their superficiality and pickyness would begin to literally kill our young women.
Rabbi Shmuley Boteach: Anorexia and The New Values of Courtship Rabbi Shmuley Boteach 2011
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I would never have thought we orthodox Jews would arrive at a stage where our young men of marriageability have become so one-dimensional that their superficiality and pickyness would begin to literally kill our young women.
Rabbi Shmuley Boteach: Anorexia and The New Values of Courtship Rabbi Shmuley Boteach 2011
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I would never have thought we orthodox Jews would arrive at a stage where our young men of marriageability have become so one-dimensional that their superficiality and pickyness would begin to literally kill our young women.
Rabbi Shmuley Boteach: Anorexia and The New Values of Courtship Rabbi Shmuley Boteach 2011
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I would never have thought we orthodox Jews would arrive at a stage where our young men of marriageability have become so one-dimensional that their superficiality and pickyness would begin to literally kill our young women.
Rabbi Shmuley Boteach: Anorexia and The New Values of Courtship Rabbi Shmuley Boteach 2011
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I would never have thought we orthodox Jews would arrive at a stage where our young men of marriageability have become so one-dimensional that their superficiality and pickyness would begin to literally kill our young women.
Rabbi Shmuley Boteach: Anorexia and The New Values of Courtship Rabbi Shmuley Boteach 2011
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Their Statement defies decades of efforts at the grassroots level across Africa and internationally to end FGM and the recognition that FGM is a form of violence and discrimination aimed at safeguarding a girl's virginity, controlling her sexuality and guaranteeing her marriageability.
Taina Bien-Aime: First Do No Harm Taina Bien-Aime 2010
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Their Statement defies decades of efforts at the grassroots level across Africa and internationally to end FGM and the recognition that FGM is a form of violence and discrimination aimed at safeguarding a girl's virginity, controlling her sexuality and guaranteeing her marriageability.
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Women are still judged on marriageability, and marriageability has a lot to do with keeping your mouth shut.
Big Girls Don’t Cry Rebecca Traister 2010
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