'Consummation of marriage' definitions:
Definition of 'Consummation of marriage'
From: GCIDE
- Consummation \Con`sum*ma"tion\ (k[o^]n`s[u^]m*m[=a]"sh[u^]n), n. [L. consummatio.] The act of consummating, or the state of being consummated; completion; perfection; termination; end (as of the world or of life). [1913 Webster]
- 'T is a consummation Devoutly to be wished. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- From its original to its consummation. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
- Quiet consummation have, And renown['e]d be thy grave. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Consummation of marriage, completion of the connubial relation by actual cohabition. [1913 Webster]