wedlock : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: wedlock	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
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" Synonym(s): marriage, matrimony, union, spousal relationship, wedlock
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wedlock \Wed"lock\, n. [AS. wedl[be]c a pledge, be trothal; wedd a pledge + l[be]c a gift, an offering. See {Wed}, n., and cf. {Lake}, v. i., {Knowledge}.] 1. The ceremony, or the state, of marriage; matrimony. [bd]That blissful yoke . . . that men clepeth [call] spousal, or wedlock.[b8] --Chaucer. For what is wedlock forced but a hell, An age of discord or continual strife? --Shak. 2. A wife; a married woman. [Obs.] --B. Jonson. Syn: See {Marriage}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wedlock \Wed"lock\, v. t. To marry; to unite in marriage; to wed. [R.] [bd]Man thus wedlocked.[b8] --Milton.