Meaning of MATRIMONY
| Pronunciation: | | 'matru`mownee
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- [n] the ceremony or sacrament of marriage
- [n] state of being husband and wife; "a long and happy marriage"; "God bless this union"
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| | Synonyms: | | marriage, union, wedlock |
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| | 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 | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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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| | Related Terms: | | 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 |
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