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 （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） Oxford Collocations DictionaryCivil partnership is used before these nouns:- ceremony