About The Word Wedlock
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Wedlock
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What's The Definition Of Wedlock?
[n] state of being husband and wife; "a long and happy marriage"; "God bless this union"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Wedlock: marriage | matrimony | union Related Terms | Find terms related to Wedlock: 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 Wedlock In Webster's Dictionary \Wed"lock\, n. [AS. wedl[=a]c a pledge, be trothal; wedd
a pledge + l[=a]c a gift, an offering. See {Wed}, n., and cf.
{Lake}, v. i., {Knowledge}.]
1. The ceremony, or the state, of marriage; matrimony. ``That
blissful yoke . . . that men clepeth [call] spousal, or
wedlock.'' --Chaucer.
For what is wedlock forced but a hell, An age of
discord or continual strife? --Shak.
2. A wife; a married woman. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.
Syn: See {Marriage}.
\Wed"lock\, v. t. To marry; to unite in marriage; to wed. [R.] ``Man thus wedlocked.'' --Milton. |
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