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matrimony::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | marriage, spousal relationship, union, wedlock |
| Type of | marital status |
| Has types | exogamy, inmarriage, intermarriage, marriage of convenience, misalliance, monandry, monogamousness, monogamy, open marriage, polygamy, bigamy, sigeh, common-law marriage, cuckoldom, endogamy |
| Derivation | matrimonial |
matrimony::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | sacrament |
Examples of matrimony
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Kevin plays the cynic who doesn't get what all the fuss over matrimony is about.
From the usatoday.com
The treatments, the surgery and the never-ending fear can be lethal to matrimony.
From the dallasnews.com
It doesn't matter whether they happen within or without the bonds of matrimony.
From the newsweek.com
Matrimony provides the patina of respectability to class-climbing and adultery.
From the morningstaronline.co.uk
In Japan women are refusing to swap their careers for the fetters of matrimony.
From the economist.com
His object, in HONEYMOON IN VEGAS, is matrimony, not a shabby two-night stand.
From the time.com
Using colorful note cards and photos take your guests on your journey to matrimony.
From the charlotteobserver.com
Soon, however, he regrets his matrimony and returns to Beijing and his former beau.
From the time.com
You just might appreciate the top 10 souvenirs from the upcoming British matrimony.
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- Marriage: the state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for life (or until divorce); "a long and happy marriage"; "God bless this union"
- The ceremony or sacrament of marriage
- Marriage is a social union or legal contract between people that creates kinship. It is an institution in which interpersonal relationships, usually intimate and sexual, are acknowledged in a variety of ways, depending on the culture or subculture in which it is found. ...
- Matrimony is a solitaire card game: which uses two decks of 52 playing cards each. It is a difficult game which depends mostly on luck and is sometimes mechanical. It is also one of the many games where there are no clear rules but with two versions. ...
- (matrimonious) matrimonial
- The Roman, Orthodox and Old Catholic churches consider matrimony a sacrament and refer to it as the Sacrament of Matrimony. This is a marriage contract between baptized persons.
- Friendship under difficult circumstances.
- Is one of two sacraments that Catholics hold can be validly performed without the mystical powers of a priest (the other is baptism), because the ministers of the sacrament are the two parties to the marriage.
- The sacramental joining of two people into a holy union. from an Old French term meaning to "create a matron," presumably changing a virgin into a mother.
