marriage ceremony

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The total price for a public marriage license, and a county-officiated marriage ceremony with witnesses, will cost a total of about $422 — not including other niceties such as flowers, tuxedos and gowns.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 18, 2025

Personal moments like the Woolbrights’ marriage ceremony are part of its texture.

From New York Times • May 23, 2024

We may have collectively cooed over The Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s televised 2018 marriage ceremony, but that is a once-in-a-lifetime extravaganza that decidedly will not repeat.

From Salon • Jan. 5, 2024

Downtown Russellville will host Moon Over Main, a free art and live music festival; hot-air balloon rides; and an opportunity for lovebirds to make it official with an eclipse marriage ceremony during totality.

From National Geographic • Jan. 4, 2024

I knew there could not be any minister, but the marriage ceremony was all written out in the back of the hymnal.

From "Z for Zachariah" by Robert C. O’Brien