单词	wedlock
释义	wedlockwed‧lock /ˈwedlɒk $ -lɑːk/ noun [uncountable] old use Word Origin WORD ORIGINwedlock Origin: Old English wedlac, from wedd ‘something given to show that a promise will be kept’ + -lac ‘actions, activity’ Examples EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS A baby born out of wedlock was a great sin, then, and a huge embarrassment to the family. A baby born out of wedlock was a horrible sin for which there was no forgiveness. Augustine kept a mistress and sired a son out of wedlock. Burns had fourteen known children, half of them born out of wedlock. I had to advise him that the father of a child born out of wedlock had few, if any, rights. It's upsetting to find you were born out of wedlock. Unlike the synonym, MAMzer, BENKert connotes love child, not one merely born out of wedlock. word sets WORD SETS► Family baby, nounbarrier method, nounbetrothal, nounboy, nounBr., branch, nouncontraception, nouncousin, noundescendant, noundescent, noundistant, adjectivedivorce, noundivorce, verbdivorced, adjectivedivorcée, noundomestic, adjectivedowry, noundynasty, nounex, nounextended family, nounfamilial, adjectivefamily man, nounfamily planning, nounfamily tree, nounfather, nounfather-in-law, nounfiancé, nounfiancée, nounfilial, adjectivefirst cousin, noungodchild, noungoddaughter, noungrandad, noungrandaddy, noungrandchild, noungranddad, noungranddaddy, noungranddaughter, noungrandfather, noungrandma, noungrandmother, noungrandpa, noungrandparent, noungrandson, noungranny, nounhalf-brother, nounhalf-sister, nounhereditary, adjectivehouse husband, nounin-laws, nounintermarry, verbmaiden aunt, nounmaid of honour, nounmam, nounmama, nounmamma, nounmammy, nounman, nounmarital, adjectivematrimony, nounmiscegenation, nounmixed marriage, nounmonogamy, nounnuclear family, nounoedipal, adjectiveOedipus complex, nounone-parent family, nounparent, nounparentage, nounparental, adjectiveparenthood, nounparenting, nounpaternity, nounpaternity suit, nounpatriarch, nounpatriarchy, nounpedigree, nounpolygamy, nounpropinquity, nounproposal, nounrelative, nounscion, nounseparate, verbseparated, adjectiveseparation, nounsibling, nounsingle parent, nounsister, nounsister-in-law, nounstepbrother, nounstepchild, nounstepdaughter, nounstepfather, nounstepmother, nounstepsister, nounstepson, noununcle, noununion, noununmarried, adjectiveupbringing, nounwedding, nounwedlock, nounwhite wedding, nounwidow, nounwidower, nounwidowhood, noun Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSVERB► born · It's upsetting to find you were born out of wedlock.· Long ago, an aunt told me that my grandmother wash born out of wedlock.· Burns had fourteen known children, half of them born out of wedlock.· Unlike the synonym, MAMzer, BENKert connotes love child, not one merely born out of wedlock.· A baby born out of wedlock was a great sin, then, and a huge embarrassment to the family.· A baby born out of wedlock was a horrible sin for which there was no forgiveness.· I had to advise him that the father of a child born out of wedlock had few, if any, rights.· Babies born out of wedlock are commonplace. Phrases PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► born out of wedlock A baby born out of wedlock was a horrible sin for which there was no forgiveness. Babies born out of wedlock are commonplace. Long ago, an aunt told me that my grandmother wash born out of wedlock. Unlike the synonym, MAMzer, BENKert connotes love child, not one merely born out of wedlock. 1born out of wedlock if a child is born out of wedlock, its parents are not married when it is born2the state of being married
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