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- Dictionarymatrimony/ˈmatrɪməni/
noun
- 1. the state of being married; marriage: "the joys of matrimony"
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: the state of being married : marriage. Synonyms. conjugality. connubiality. marriage. match. wedlock. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus. Examples of matrimony in a Sentence. two people joined in matrimony we intend to be joined in matrimony until “death do us part”
Matrimony refers to marriage, not to inherited property; whereas patrimony refers not to gender but to property which the man will inherit from the father or uncle.
Marriage, also called matrimony or wedlock, is a culturally and often legally recognised union between people called spouses. It establishes rights and obligations between them, as well as between them and their children (if any), and between them and their in-laws. [1]
Matrimony definition: the state of being married; marriage. See examples of MATRIMONY used in a sentence.
the state of being married. Synonyms. marriage (TWO PEOPLE) wedlock old-fashioned or humorous. Compare. nuptials formal. wedding. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Marriage, cohabitation & other relationships. adulteress. affinal. as husband and wife idiom. be an item idiom. be shacked up idiom. go with something. have an affair.
1. the state or condition of being married. 2. the ceremony or sacrament of marriage. 3. (Card Games) a. a card game in which the king and queen together are a winning combination. b. such a combination. [C14: via Norman French from Latin mātrimōnium wedlock, from māter mother]
Definition of matrimony noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
When a couple ties the knot, they are engaging in matrimony. You can describe the actual wedding celebration as matrimony, and also the state of being married, although it's a formal word most often used in documents and in the words of the ceremony.
3 meanings: 1. the state or condition of being married 2. the ceremony or sacrament of marriage 3. a. a card game in which the.... Click for more definitions.
MATRIMONY definition: the state of being married. Learn more.
