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mads.xsd"><authority><topic authority="http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en">marriage</topic></authority><related type="narrower"><topic>ghost marriage</topic></related><related type="other"><topic>marriage medals</topic></related><related type="other"><topic>weddings</topic></related><related type="other"><topic>marriage candles</topic></related><related type="other"><topic>divorce</topic></related><related type="other"><topic>bride price</topic></related><related type="other"><topic>bridegrooms</topic></related><related type="other"><topic>brides</topic></related><related type="broader"><topic>social structure</topic></related><variant type="other"><topic>marriage bond</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>marriages</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>matrimony</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>spousehood</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>wedlock</topic></variant> <note xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[ Legal and social unions of a man and woman as husband and wife, or of the union of a gay couple. For the act or ceremony of instituting a marriage, use "weddings (ceremonies)."  ]]></note></mads>