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Matrimony

//ˈmat.ɹɪ.mə.ni// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Marriage; the state of being married. uncountable

    "If either of you know any impediment, why ye may not be lawfully joined together in matrimony, ye do now confess it."

  2. 2
    the ceremony or sacrament of marriage wordnet
  3. 3
    The ceremony of marriage. countable
  4. 4
    the state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for life (or until divorce) wordnet
  5. 5
    A particular solitaire card game using two decks of cards. uncountable
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  1. 6
    A spouse. countable, obsolete, uncountable

Etymology

From Old French matremoine, from Latin mātrimōnium (“marriage, wedlock”), from mātri(s) (“mother”) + -mōnium (“obligation”). By surface analysis, matri- + -mony. Compare patrimony.

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