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Wife , Wife
A wife is a female partner in a marriage. Most cultures recognize this common social status with a specific affinal kinship term. In most times… Cuckoldry , cuckoldry •beery, bleary, cheery, dearie, dreary, Dun Laoghaire, eerie, eyrie (US aerie), Kashmiri, leery, peri, praemunire, query, smeary, teary, th… Domestic Violence , DOMESTIC VIOLENCE , behavior used by one partner to control the other; it can include verbal, emotional, sexual, and physical abuse and cuts across s… Krishna Venta , During the 1950s Krishna Venta was accused of unfaithfulness to his wife with various women of the group. On December 10, 1958, several former member… Rhea (mythology) , Rhe·a / rēə/ 1. Greek Mythol. one of the Titans, wife of Cronus and mother of Zeus, Demeter, Poseidon, Hera, and Hades. Frightened of betrayal by the… Divorce , Divorce
DIVORCE (Heb. גֵּרוּשִׁין), the formal dissolution of the marriage bond.
Divorce was accepted as an established custom in ancient Israel (cf.…
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