From The Australian: The definition of marriage is being changed in dictionaries after new measures allowing same-sex couples to marry became law in Britain last month.
The online versions of the Collins, Macmillan and Oxford English dictionaries acknowledge that marriage is no longer limited to a man and a woman. The next paper editions published will do the same.
Collins amended its definition from the legal union or contract "made by a man and a woman to live as husband and wife" to one "made by two people to live together". Macmillan's definition of marriage as a "relationship between two people who are husband or wife" now includes the addendum "or a similar relationship between people of the same sex".
Oxford added "the relation between persons married to each other" to its definition "the condition of being a husband or wife" with the note that "the term is now sometimes used with reference to long-term relationships between partners of the same sex".
(tipped by TRR reader Rayme)
