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Meanings of outside marriage in English

Of unwed parents.

Synonyms
Examples for "out of wedlock"
Examples for "out of wedlock"
1
Teen pregnancy out of wedlock is on the rise in the region.
Ebony
2
One hundred and six of the 709 were born out of wedlock.
Pushing to the Front
3
The difficulty for him is that he was born out of wedlock.
The Spinners
4
Having a child out of wedlock used to be unthinkable for women.
Silence of the grave
5
But she didn't want to live with a man out of wedlock.
Amazing grace
Usage of outside marriage in English
1
Today, more than a third of children are born outside marriage.
The Irish Times
2
When I was growing up, indeed, most sex behavior outside marriage was illegal.
Reuters
3
Sex outside marriage is illegal and many domestic workers are trafficked and abused.
Reuters
4
Amina Lawal was sentenced by an Islamic court for having sex outside marriage.
The Irish Times
5
How many men were emotionally wounded by society's hostile attitude to birth outside marriage?
The Irish Times
6
Three out of 10 Irish children are born outside marriage.
The Irish Times
7
Almost one third of births in 2005 were outside marriage.
The Irish Times
8
Some had been diagnosed with "moral deficiency" for having children outside marriage.
The Guardian
9
THE number of births outside marriage continue to rise.
The Irish Times
10
Along with the men, nine people were caned for showing affection in public outside marriage.
Reuters
11
Having lovers outside marriage was socially accepted if discrete.
Our Legal Heritage : 600-1776 King Aethelbert - King George III
12
An explicit prohibition to procreate within marriage is an implicit permission to procreate outside marriage.
Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 6 / Sex in Relation to ...
13
Why then cannot love sanctify passionate relationships outside marriage?
Men, Women, and God / A Discussion of Sex Questions from the Chr...
14
The number of births outside marriage exceeded one in four last year for the first time.
The Irish Times
15
One in three of all births in Northern Ireland is now outside marriage, figures released today.
The Irish Times
16
This was that children born outside marriage were in some way genetically defective, writes Mary Raftery.
The Irish Times
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