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Definition of Out of wedlock
1. Adverb. Of biological parents not married to each other. "This child was born illegitimately"
2. Adverb. Of unwed parents. "He was born out of wedlock"
Definition of Out of wedlock
1. Adverb. (idiomatic) of parents not legally married ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Out Of Wedlock
Literary usage of Out of wedlock
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Social Welfare Forum: Official Proceedings ... Annual Forum by National Conference on Social Welfare, American Social Science Association, Conference of Charities (U.S., Conference of Charities (U.S.), National Conference of Social Work (U.S. (1920)
"PROGRESS TOWARD BETTER LAWS FOR THE PROTECTION OF CHILDREN BORN out of wedlock
Emma 0. Lundberg, Director of Social Service Division, Federal Children's ..."
2. Poverty and Dependency: Their Relief and Prevention by John Lewis Gillin (1921)
"Of the cases handled by the child-caring and child-protecting agencies in Boston
in 1914. 13 per cent were children born out of wedlock, costing the ..."
3. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"Another child born to its parents, whether in or out of wedlock, ... Only the
legitimate descendants of persons born out of wedlock inherit from them by law ..."
4. Health Status of Minorities & Low Income Groups by DIANE Publishing Company, Dept. of Health and Human Services, United States (1991)
"Out-of-wedlock childbearing may affect infant health because of the stress ...
The 1987 national percentage of out of wedlock births is 24.5 percent, ..."
5. Records and Files of the Quarterly Courts of Essex County, Massachusetts by George Francis Dow (1913)
"Rebecca Armitage, having been bound to this court by Maj. Will. Hathorne for
uncleanness, having a son born out of wedlock, smal fouling ..."
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