matrimony
(noun) the ceremony or sacrament of marriage
marriage, matrimony, union, spousal relationship, wedlock
(noun) the state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for life (or until divorce); “a long and happy marriage”; “God bless this union”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
matrimony (countable and uncountable, plural matrimonies)
Marriage; the state of being married.
• Book of Common Prayer
The ceremony of marriage.
A particular solitaire card game using two decks of cards.
• (state of being married): marriage, wedlock
Source: Wiktionary
Mat"ri*mo*ny, n. Etym: [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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
16 January 2025
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