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

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

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

She made a marriage de convenance at the age of twenty, apparently without much thought of love upon either side, and entered upon her new career with all the confidence which characterized her.

From Home Life of Great Authors by Griswold, Hattie Tyng

"It would be nothing worse than a mariage de convenance," said Uncle William.

From The Hero by Maugham, W. Somerset (William Somerset)

Lady Betty was the widow of a rich gentleman, to whom she had been married but a few years, when death ended what could not have ever been more than a mariage de convenance.

From Her Season in Bath A Story of Bygone Days by Marshall, Emma