Historical Relationships

noun a feeling or condition of hostility; hatred; ill will; animosity; antagonism

• The enmity between the two countries has lasted for decades.
• There's a lot of enmity between those two families.
• I can feel the enmity in the air whenever they're in the same room.
• The enmity between them was like a dark cloud hanging over their relationship.

noun a historical term used in the late 19th and early 20th centuries

• A Boston Marriage is a term used to describe a long-term cohabiting relationship between two women.
• Hey, have you heard about Sarah and Emily's Boston Marriage? They've been living together for years.
• Those two are basically in a Boston Marriage, they do everything together.
• Their friendship is like a Boston Marriage, they are inseparable.