Thesaurus: wedlock
The ceremony, or the state, of marriage; matrimony.
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Definitions
- v. i. The ceremony, or the state, of marriage; matrimony.
- v. i. A wife; a married woman.
- v. t. To marry; to unite in marriage; to wed.
- n. the state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for life (or until divorce)
- 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. To marry; to unite in marriage; to wed. [R.] "Man thus wedlocked." Milton.
- To marry; to unite in marriage; to wed. [R.] "Man thuswedlocked." Milton.
- n:100 n the state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for life (or until divorce)