wedlock

wed·lock  (wdlk)

n.

The state of being married; matrimony.

Idiom:

out of wedlock

Of parents not legally married to each other: born out of wedlock.

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[Middle English wedlocke, from Old English wedlc : wedd, pledge + -lc, n. suff. expressing activity.]

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wedlock

Noun

1. the state of being married

2. born out of wedlock born when one's parents are not legally married [Old English wedlāc]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

wedlock - the state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for life (or until divorce); "a long and happy marriage"; "God bless this union" marriage, matrimony, spousal relationship, 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"

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wedlock

noun marriage, matrimony, holy matrimony, married state, conjugal bond

Translations

wedlock [ˈwɛdlɔk] n → matrimonio

wedlock [ˈwɛdlɔk] n → (union f du) mariage m

wedlock [ˈwɛdlɔk] n → Ehe f

wedlock [ˈwɛdlɔk] n → vincolo matrimoniale

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wedlock

n wedlock [ˈwedlok]

the state of being married. getroud زَواج، زَوجِيَّه брак manželství ægteskab die Ehe παντρειά matrimonio abielu پيوند زناشويي aviosääty mariage נִישוּאִים विवाह अवस्था brak házasság ikatan perkawinan hjónaband matrimonio 結婚生活 결혼 상태, 혼인 santuoka laulība hidup sebagai suami isteri huwelijkse staat ektestand stan małżeński matrimónio căsnicie, viaţă conjugală супружество manželstvo zakonski stan brak äktenskap สภาวะการสมรส; ชีวิตการสมรส evlilik 婚姻生活，結婚的狀態 шлюб حالت ازدواج đã kết hôn 婚姻生活，结婚的状态