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Matrimony

Matrimony Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Matrimony? [n] the ceremony or sacrament of marriage [n] state of being husband and wife; "a long and happy marriage"; "God bless this union" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Matrimony: marriage \| union \| wedlock Related Terms \| Find terms related to Matrimony: a world-without-end bargain \| alliance \| baptism \| bed \| bond of matrimony \| bridebed \| cohabitation \| confirmation \| conjugal bond \| conjugal knot \| coverture \| extreme unction \| holy matrimony \| holy orders \| holy wedlock \| husbandhood \| ill-assorted marriage \| intermarriage \| interracial marriage \| marriage \| marriage bed \| marriage sacrament \| match \| matrimonial union \| mesalliance \| misalliance \| miscegenation \| mixed marriage \| nuptial bond \| penance \| sacrament of matrimony \| seven sacraments \| spousehood \| the Eucharist \| union \| wedded bliss \| wedded state \| weddedness \| wedding knot \| wedlock \| wifehood See Also \| bigamy \| common-law marriage \| endogamy \| exogamy \| inmarriage \| intermarriage \| marital status \| marriage of convenience \| misalliance \| monandry \| monogamousness \| monogamy \| monogyny \| open marriage \| polyandry \| polygamy \| polygyny \| sacrament Matrimony In Webster's Dictionary \Mat"rimony\, n. [OE. matrimoine, through Old French, fr. L. matrimonium, fr. mater mother. See {Mother}.] 1. The union of man and woman as husband and wife; the nuptial state; marriage; wedlock. If either of you know any impediment, why ye may not be lawfully joined together in matrimony, ye do now confessit. --Book of Com. Prayer (Eng. Ed. ) 2. A kind of game at cards played by several persons. {Matrimony vine} (Bot.), a climbing thorny vine ({Lycium barbarum}) of the Potato family. --Gray. Syn: Marriage; wedlock. See {Marriage}.

Matrimony Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Matrimony?

[n] the ceremony or sacrament of marriage
[n] state of being husband and wife; "a long and happy marriage"; "God bless this union"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Matrimony: marriage | union | wedlock

Matrimony In Webster's Dictionary

\Mat"ri*mo*ny\, n. [OE. matrimoine, through Old
French, fr. L. matrimonium, fr. mater mother. See {Mother}.]
1. The union of man and woman as husband and wife; the
   nuptial state; marriage; wedlock.

         If either of you know any impediment, why ye may not
         be lawfully joined together in matrimony, ye do now
         confessit.                            --Book of Com.
                                               Prayer (Eng.
                                               Ed. )

2. A kind of game at cards played by several persons.

{Matrimony vine} (Bot.), a climbing thorny vine ({Lycium
   barbarum}) of the Potato family. --Gray.

Syn: Marriage; wedlock. See {Marriage}.

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