Matrimony

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Matrimony \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.
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              If either of you know any impediment, why ye may not
              be lawfully joined together in matrimony, ye do now
              confess it.                           --Book of Com.
                                                    Prayer (Eng.
                                                    Ed.)
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     2. A kind of game at cards played by several persons.
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     {Matrimony vine} (Bot.), a climbing thorny vine ({Lycium
        barbarum}) of the Potato family. --Gray.
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     Syn: Marriage; wedlock. See {Marriage}.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  matrimony
       n 1: the state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for
            life (or until divorce); "a long and happy marriage";
            "God bless this union" [syn: {marriage}, {union}, {spousal
            relationship}, {wedlock}]
       2: the ceremony or sacrament of marriage

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  41 Moby Thesaurus words for "matrimony":
     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