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matrimony

[ ma-truh-moh-nee ]

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noun

, plural mat·ri·mo·nies

the state of being married; marriage:
He was married in 1870 and lived in matrimony 12 years.
the rite, ceremony, or sacrament of marriage:
The priest has united them in the bonds of holy matrimony.

matrimony

/ ˈmætrɪmənɪ /

the state or condition of being married
the ceremony or sacrament of marriage
1. a card game in which the king and queen together are a winning combination
2. such a combination

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

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

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When we see loving, committed couples joining in matrimony, our natural impulse is to support and encourage that love.

In the movie’s early scenes, she’s a saucy seductress, a good girl who wants to have fun—within the bounds of holy matrimony, of course.

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Billie Holliday was united in matrimony with trombonist Jimmy Monroe in Elkton in 1941 just before they joined Lionel Hampton’s band.

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The self-proclaimed ‘marriage capital of the world’ gets on board with same-sex matrimony.

So who better to join you in holy matrimony and on that trip around the world?

Potential recruits are told their main role in the Islamic revolution will be through matrimony and childbearing, not martyrdom.

She uses the celebrations of holy matrimony as a way to chronicle her own relationships, both romantic and platonic.

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Perhaps you may think such a frame of mind naturally leads a man to the consideration of matrimony.

The danger with long engagements is that they often do not end in matrimony, and in such a case a young girl's future is blighted.

They had entered into matrimony without having had their attention drawn to the ways in which a home can, and should, be managed.

We make the profession of teacher a stop-gap for girls between the normal school and matrimony.

"Because my experience of matrimony has been any thing but pleasant already," responded the orphan.

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