Thesaurus: matrimony

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1. n. The union of man and woman as husband and wife; the nuptial state; marriage; wedlock.
2. n. A kind of game at cards played by several persons.
3. n. the state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for life (or until divorce)
4. n. the ceremony or sacrament of marriage
5. 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.
6. n:100 n. the ceremony or sacrament of marriage