mariage blanc

mariage blanc

A marriage that has not been consummated. A French term literally meaning "white marriage." Due to my husband's serious illness, we have had to have a mariage blanc. We entered into a mariage blanc in order to get Tom a visa to remain in the country.
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • a shotgun wedding/marriage
  • shotgun marriage
  • be one flesh
  • become one flesh
  • one flesh
  • till
  • till death do us part
  • traditional marriage
  • until death us do part
  • till death us do part