Adelphous

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Same-sex life partners, in an asexual relationship. either party may be married to another person, of any gender. adelphous partners assume responsibility for each other's families and are legally siblings. from the eastern orthodox christian "brother-making" ceremony, adelphopoiesis. Urban Dictionary

Words that are spelled similarly to adelphous:
adelphous, -adelphous, amadelphous, didelphous, adolphus, diadelphous, delphos.

Words that rhyme with adelphous:
didelphous, didelphis.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective adelphous:
stamens.

Consonant match to adelphous:
adolphus.

Words that sound like adelphous:
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