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Definition of Matrimony
1. Noun. The state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for life (or until divorce). "God bless this union"
Category relationships: Jurisprudence, Law
Generic synonyms: Marital Status
Specialized synonyms: Bigamy, Common-law Marriage, Endogamy, Inmarriage, Intermarriage, Exogamy, Intermarriage, Marriage Of Convenience, Misalliance, Monandry, Monogamousness, Monogamy, Open Marriage, Cuckoldom, Polygamy, Sigeh
Derivative terms: Matrimonial
2. Noun. The ceremony or sacrament of marriage.
Definition of Matrimony
1. n. The union of man and woman as husband and wife; the nuptial state; marriage; wedlock.
Definition of Matrimony
1. Noun. marriage or the state of being married ¹
2. Noun. the marriage ceremony ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Matrimony
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Medical Definition of Matrimony
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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.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Matrimony
Literary usage of Matrimony
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Notification to the dioceses of the alterations and additions in the Book of by Church of England (1885)
"T The laws respecting matrimony, whether by publishing the Banns in Churches, or
by Licence, bring different in the several States, every Minuter it left to ..."
2. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1910)
"The reason for regarding matrimony as simply a protection against ... Whoever enters
the state of matrimony must, of course, look for children who are to be ..."
3. The Methodist Hymnal: Official Hymnal of the Methodist Episcopal Church and by South Methodist Episcopal Church (1905)
"Form for the Solemnization of matrimony (The parts ill brackets throughout may
bo used or not at discretion.] At the time appointed, the persons to be ..."
4. Hymnal of the Methodist Episcopal Church by Methodist Episcopal Church, Levi Scott (1878)
"FORM OF THE SOLEMNIZATION OF matrimony. [The parts In brackets throughout may be
used or not at discretion.] At the day and time appointed for the ..."
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