convenance

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It is equally obvious to anyone who knows Philip that he is not the type to submit meekly to the dictates of a dynastic manage de convenance.

From Time Magazine Archive

If this be regarded as a veritable mariage de convenance, it should suit you admirably and the general as well.”

From Louisiana Lou A Western Story by Winter, William West

In the meantime he felt that Joan's marriage de convenance was a comfortable arrangement for all parties concerned.

From Salthaven by Jacobs, W. W. (William Wymark)

But it was really a mariage d'amour, not merely de convenance.

From Glories of Spain by Wood, Charles W. (William)

While in Martinique, Jerome Bonaparte said to a former resident of Baltimore, "Ah! il me faut une mariage de convenance."

From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 20, September, 1877. by Various