matrimony : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: matrimony	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
matrimony n the state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for life (or until divorce); "a long and happy marriage"; "God bless this union" Synonym(s): marriage, matrimony, union, spousal relationship, wedlock the ceremony or sacrament of marriage
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Matrimony \Mat"rimony\, 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}.