matrimony

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 [ˈmætrɪmənɪ]

n pl -nies

1. the state or condition of being married

2. the ceremony or sacrament of marriage

3. (Group Games / Card Games)

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

b.  such a combination

[via Norman French from Latin mātrimōnium wedlock, from māter mother]

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matrimony

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

See also: Marriage

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matrimony - From Latin matrimonium, "state of being married," from mater, "mother," and monium, "-mony" (state, condition).

See also related terms for married.

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 the bonds of matrimony

Translations

matrimony [ˈmætrɪmənɪ] N → matrimonio m

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matrimony [ˈmætrɪməni] n → mariage m

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matrimony

n (form) → Ehe f; to enter into holy matrimony → in den heiligen Stand der Ehe treten

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matrimony [ˈmætrɪm/ənɪ] n → matrimonio

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matrimony

n matrimony [ˈmӕtriməni, (American ) —mouni]

the state of being married holy matrimony. getroud زَواج، قِران брак stav manželský ægteskab die Ehe γάμος matrimonio abielu ازدواج avioliitto mariage נִישׂואִים वैवाहिक जीवन brak házasság perkawinan hjónaband matrimonio 結婚 혼인 상태 santuoka laulība perkahwinan hiuwelijk ekteskap stan małżeński matrimónio căsătorie супружество stav manželský zakon brak äktenskap[] การแต่งงาน evlilik 結婚 подружнє життя, шлюб شادی، ازدواج hôn nhân 结婚

adj matriˈmonial [-ˈmou-]

huweliksverwant زَواجي، خاص بالزَّواج брачен manželský ægteskabelig; ægteskabs- Ehe-... γαμήλιος matrimonial abielu- وابسته به ازدواج avio- matrimonial שֶׁל נִישׂואִים वैवाहिक bračni, ženidbeni házassági hjónabands- matrimoniale 結婚の 결혼 생활의, 부부 간의 santuokinis laulības- ikatan perkahwinan huwelijks{#169} ekteskapelig, ekteskaps- matrymonialny matrimonial matri­mo­nial супружеский manželský zakonski bračni äktenskaplig, äktenskaps- เกี่ยวกับการแต่งงาน evlenmeye ait 結婚的 шлюбний, матримоніальний ازدواجی thuộc hôn nhân 结婚的