"Marriage" definition updated in the Catalan dictionary
The Institute of Catalan Studies (Institut d'Estudis Catalans) has upgraded its definition of marriage. It is the first dictionary in the world to do so to include same-sex marriages, which are legal in Catalunya since 2005.
The old definition was "unió legítima entre un home i una dona", legitimate union of a man and a woman. The new definition is "unió legítima entre dues persones que es comprometen a portar una vida en comú establerta mitjançant ritus o formalitats legals": legitimate union between two persons that commit to having a life in common established by rites or legal formalities.
"We should not be slaves of etymologies or certain customs that may have been already left behind [superat]", indicated the president of the philology chapter studies of the Academy, Joan Martí i Castell.
