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mat⋅ri⋅mo⋅ni⋅al

[ma-truh-moh-nee-uhl]
–adjective
of or pertaining to matrimony; marital; nuptial; connubial; conjugal.

Origin:
1400–50; late ME < LL mātrimōniālis. See matrimony, -al 1


mat⋅ri⋅mo⋅ni⋅al⋅ly, adverb
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mat·ri·mo·ny   (māt'rə-mō'nē)   
n.   pl. mat·ri·mo·nies
The act or state of being married; marriage.

[Middle English, from Old French matrimoine, from Latin mātrimōnium, from māter, mātr-, mother; see māter- in Indo-European roots.]
mat'ri·mo'ni·al adj., mat'ri·mo'ni·al·ly adv.
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