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m "become known as" isn't very accurate, I have never heard anyone known as "Wife" or as "Husband"; because those words are ''terms'' used to ''describe'' people, not names for them.
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'''Marriage'''
is a [[government|governmentally]], [[society|societally]], or [[religion|religiously]] recognized [[interpersonal relationship]], usually [[Intimacy|intimate]] and [[Human sexual behavior|sexual]], and often created as a [[contract]].
The most frequentfrequently occuring form of marriage is between a manwoman and a womanman, whowhere becomethe knownfeminine asterm ''[[husbandwife]]'' and the masculine ''[[wifehusband]]'' may be used to describe them.<ref> {{cite web |url= http://www.washingtontimes.com/national/20040524-103201-1169r.htm
| title= Dictionaries Take Lead in Redefining Modern Marriage |accessdate=2007-02-03 |publisher = Washington Times |format= |work= }}</ref><ref>[http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/marriage | Merriam-Webster definition].</ref> Other forms of marriage also exist. [[Polygamy]], in which a person takes more than one spouse, is present in many societies' traditions.<ref name=Murdoch>
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