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wedlock

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wed⋅lock

  [wed-lok]
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–noun
the state of marriage; matrimony.
Origin:
bef. 1100; ME wedlok, OE wedlāc lit., a pledging, equiv. to wed pledge (see wed ) + -lāc verbal n. suffix
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wed·lock   (wěd'lŏk')   
n.  The state of being married; matrimony.

[Middle English wedlocke, from Old English wedlāc : wedd, pledge + -lāc, n. suff. expressing activity.]
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wedlock

see out of wedlock.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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