civil partnership
noun /ˌsɪvl ˈpɑːtnəʃɪp/
/ˌsɪvl ˈpɑːrtnərʃɪp/
(British English) (North American English civil union)
- (in some countries) a legal relationship between two people of the same sex, with the same legal status as marriage
Topics Life stagesc1(某些国家)合法伴侣关系(同性伴侣享有与婚姻同等的法律地位) Collocations DictionaryCivil partnership is used before these nouns:- ceremony