About The Word Matrimony
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Matrimony
Matrimony Definition And Meaning |
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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"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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