English Dictionary

republican marriage

noun

(historical) An alleged form of execution during the French Revolution in which a man and woman were tied together naked, exposed to public view for a time in this condition, and then stabbed, shot, or thrown into a body of water to drown.

They had a republican marriage based on equality and mutual respect.

意味（1）

(historical) An alleged form of execution during the French Revolution in which a man and woman were tied together naked, exposed to public view for a time in this condition, and then stabbed, shot, or thrown into a body of water to drown.

Among other atrocities, he had instituted a new version of republican marriage, which involved tying a naked man and woman together and drowning them.