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In many traditions and statutes of civil or religious law, the consummation of a marriage, often called simply consummation, is the first (or first officially credited) act of sexual intercourse between two people, either following their marriage to each other or after a prolonged sexual attraction.
Full Definition of MARRIAGE. 1. a (1) : the state of being united to a person of the opposite sex as husband or wife in a consensual and contractual relationship recognized by law b: the mutual relation of married persons: wedlock c: the institution whereby individuals are joined in a marriage.2. (1) : the state of being united to a person of the opposite sex as husband or wife in a consensual and contractual relationship recognized by law b: the mutual relation of married persons: wedlock c: the institution whereby individuals are joined in a marriage. 2.