matrimony

[ ma-truh-moh-nee ]
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noun,plural mat·ri·mo·nies for 2.
  1. the state of being married; marriage: He was married in 1870 and lived in matrimony 12 years.

  2. the rite, ceremony, or sacrament of marriage: The priest has united them in the bonds of holy matrimony.

Origin of matrimony

1
1250–1300; Middle English <Latin mātrimōnium wedlock. See matri-, -mony

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matrimony

/ (ˈmætrɪmənɪ) /


nounplural -nies
  1. the state or condition of being married

  2. the ceremony or sacrament of marriage

    • a card game in which the king and queen together are a winning combination

    • such a combination

Origin of matrimony

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C14: via Norman French from Latin mātrimōnium wedlock, from māter mother

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