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wedlock
(mass) | wedlock
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wedlock
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Wedlock
(gcide) | 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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Wedlock
(gcide) | Wedlock \Wed"lock\, v. t.
To marry; to unite in marriage; to wed. [R.] "Man thus
wedlocked." --Milton.
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wedlock
(wn) | wedlock
n 1: 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, wedlock] |
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