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matrimony


  2  definitions  found 
 
  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  1.6  [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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