人じん前ぜん式しき

noun

nonreligious wedding ceremony; civil wedding ceremony

A wedding ceremony held without religious elements, often in a secular venue. The term is commonly used in contrast to religious ceremonies like church weddings or Shinto-style weddings.

See also: 人前結婚式

• 最さい近きんは、教きょう会かいではなく人じん前ぜん式しきを選えらぶカップルが増ふえている。

  Recently, more couples are choosing a civil ceremony instead of a church wedding.

• 人じん前ぜん式しきでは、神かみや仏ほとけではなく、参さん列れつ者しゃに結けっ婚こんを誓ちかう。

  In a nonreligious ceremony, the couple pledges their marriage to the attendees, not to a deity.