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Definition of Wedlock
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
Definition of Wedlock
1. n. The ceremony, or the state, of marriage; matrimony.
2. v. t. To marry; to unite in marriage; to wed.
3. n. The ceremony, or the state, of marriage; matrimony.
4. v. t. To marry; to unite in marriage; to wed.
Definition of Wedlock
1. the state of being married [n -S]
Medical Definition of Wedlock
1. 1. The ceremony, or the state, of marriage; matrimony. "That blissful yoke . . . That men clepeth [call] spousal, or wedlock." "For what is wedlock forced but a hell, An age of discord or continual strife?" (Shak) 2. A wife; a married woman. Synonym: See Marriage. Origin: AS. Wedlac a pledge, be trothal; wedd a pledge + lac a gift, an offering. See Wed, and cf. Lake, Knowledge. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
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