Male arrives with one before time of wedding (8)
I believe the answer is:
marriage
'wedding' is the definition.
(I know that wedding can be written as marriage)
'male arrives with one before time' is the wordplay.
'male' becomes 'm' (common abbreviation).
'arrives' becomes 'a'.
'with one' becomes 'rri' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'before' says to put letters next to each other.
'time' becomes 'age' (an age is a period of time).
'm'+'a'+'rri'+'age'='MARRIAGE'
'of' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for marriage that I've seen before include "Matrimony" , ""Till death do us part" arrangement" , "Formal union" , "'The - - of Figaro'" , "Wedlock of alliance" .)