civil partnership
noun/ˌsɪvl ˈpɑːtnəʃɪp/
/ˌsɪvl ˈpɑːrtnərʃɪp/
(British English) (North American English civil union)
- (in some countries) a legal relationship between two people, usually of the same sex, with the same legal status as marriage
- They registered their intention to enter a civil partnership.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryCivil partnership is used before these nouns:- ceremony
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