Found 3 items, similar to wedlock.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: wedlock
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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: wedlock
wedlock
n : the state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for
life (or until divorce);
“a long and happy marriage”;
“God bless this union” [syn:
marriage,
matrimony,
union,
spousal relationship]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Wedlock
Wedlock
\Wed"lock\, v. t.
To marry; to unite in marriage; to wed. [R.]
“Man thus
wedlocked.” --Milton.
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Wedlock
\Wed"lock\, n. [AS. wedl[=a]c a pledge, be trothal; wedd
a pledge + l[=a]c a gift, an offering. See
Wed, n., and cf.
Lake, v. i.,
Knowledge.]
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1. The ceremony, or the state, of marriage; matrimony. ``That
blissful yoke . . . that men clepeth [call] spousal, or
wedlock.'' --Chaucer.
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For what is wedlock forced but a hell,
An age of discord or continual strife? --Shak.
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2. A wife; a married woman. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.
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Syn: See
Marriage.
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