Hypertext Webster Gateway: "matrimony"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Matrimony \Mat"ri*mo*ny\, n. [OE. matrimoine, through Old
French, fr. L. matrimonium, fr. mater mother. See {Mother}.]
1. The union of man and woman as husband and wife; the
nuptial state; marriage; wedlock.
If either of you know any impediment, why ye may not
be lawfully joined together in matrimony, ye do now
confessit. --Book of Com.
Prayer (Eng.
Ed. )
2. A kind of game at cards played by several persons.
{Matrimony vine} (Bot.), a climbing thorny vine ({Lycium
barbarum}) of the Potato family. --Gray.
Syn: Marriage; wedlock. See {Marriage}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
matrimony
n 1: state of being husband and wife; "a long and happy
marriage"; "God bless this union" [syn: {marriage}, {union},
{wedlock}]
2: the ceremony or sacrament of marriage
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