matrimony (redirected from matrimonies)

mat·ri·mo·ny  (mtr-mn)

n. pl. mat·ri·mo·nies

The act or state of being married; marriage.

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[Middle English, from Old French matrimoine, from Latin mtrimnium, from mter, mtr-, mother; see mter- in Indo-European roots.]

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matri·moni·al adj.

matri·moni·al·ly adv.

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matrimony

Noun

the state of being married [Latin matrimonium wedlock]

matrimonial adj

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matrimony

the act or state of marriage; married life. — matrimonial, adj.

See also: Marriage

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	matrimony - the state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for life (or until divorce); "a long and happy marriage"; "God bless this union" marriage, spousal relationship, wedlock, union law, jurisprudence - the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order" marital status - the condition of being married or unmarried bigamy - having two spouses at the same time common-law marriage - a marriage relationship created by agreement and cohabitation rather than by ceremony endogamy, inmarriage, intermarriage - marriage within one's own tribe or group as required by custom or law exogamy, intermarriage - marriage to a person belonging to a tribe or group other than your own as required by custom or law marriage of convenience - a marriage for expediency rather than love misalliance - an unsuitable alliance (especially with regard to marriage) monandry - the state of having only one husband at a time monogamousness, monogamy - having only one spouse at a time open marriage - a marriage in which each partner is free to enter into extraneous sexual relationships without guilt or jealousy from the other cuckoldom - the state of a husband whose wife has committed adultery polygamy - having more than one spouse at a time sigeh - a Shiite tradition of temporary marriage permitted in Iran that allows a couple to specify the terms of their relationship; can last from a few minutes to 99 years; "sigeh legally wraps premarital sex in an Islamic cloak"
	2.	matrimony - the ceremony or sacrament of marriage sacrament - a formal religious ceremony conferring a specific grace on those who receive it; the two Protestant ceremonies are baptism and the Lord's Supper; in the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church there are seven traditional rites accepted as instituted by Jesus: baptism and confirmation and Holy Eucharist and penance and holy orders and matrimony and extreme unction

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matrimony

noun marriage, nuptials, wedlock, wedding ceremony, marital rites

Translations

matrimony [ˈmætrɪmənɪ] n → matrimonio

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matrimony [ˈmætrɪmənɪ] n → mariage m

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matrimony [ˈmætrɪmənɪ] n → Ehe f

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matrimony [ˈmætrɪmənɪ] n → matrimonio