What are wedding vows?

This entry describes wedding vows as the promises the two people speak at the wedding, whether written by them or taken from a rite. It lists what those words usually bind, including fidelity and care in illness, and notes that the wording is a fact the marriage can later be measured against.

What this entry does not do

It does not supply sample vows, and it does not replace the entry on the difference between a wedding and a marriage.