A marriage is a relationship between or among individuals, usually recognized by civil authority and/or bound by the religious beliefs of the participants. The fact that marriage often has the dual nature of a binding legal contract plus a moral promise can make it difficult to characterize

husband can be:

* the male spouse in a marriage.
* a kind of pillow.
* husbandry, the breeding of livestock, such as conservation or agriculture.

A wife is a woman who has married a man. “Married” means that the law says they are legally “a man and wife”.

In coutries and times it has been different how many wives can a man have legally. In old times there was no limitations in some countries. In christianity a man can have one wife. In Islam a man can have up to four wives.

There are some names for special kinds of wives. For example, a queen is a wife of a king.

Divorce or dissolution of marriage is the ending of a marriage before the death of either spouse.