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wed·lock W0077900 (wĕd′lŏk′)n. The state of being married; matrimony.Idiom: out of wedlock Of parents not legally married to each other: born out of wedlock. [Middle English wedlocke, from Old English wedlāc : wedd, pledge + -lāc, n. suff. expressing activity.]wedlock (ˈwɛdlɒk) n1. the state of being married2. (Law) born out of wedlock born when one's parents are not legally married[Old English wedlāc, from wedd pledge + -lāc, suffix denoting activity, perhaps from lāc game, battle (related to Gothic laiks dance, Old Norse leikr)]wed•lock (ˈwɛdˌlɒk) n. the state of marriage; matrimony: joined in wedlock; born out of wedlock. [before 1100; Middle English wedlok, Old English wedlāc literally, a pledging =wed pledge (see wed) + -lāc verbal n. suffix] ThesaurusNoun | 1. | wedlock - the state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for life (or until divorce); "a long and happy marriage"; "God bless this union"marriage, matrimony, spousal relationship, unionlaw, jurisprudence - the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order"marital status - the condition of being married or unmarriedbigamy - having two spouses at the same timecommon-law marriage - a marriage relationship created by agreement and cohabitation rather than by ceremonyendogamy, inmarriage, intermarriage - marriage within one's own tribe or group as required by custom or lawexogamy, intermarriage - marriage to a person belonging to a tribe or group other than your own as required by custom or lawmarriage of convenience - a marriage for expediency rather than lovemisalliance - an unsuitable alliance (especially with regard to marriage)monandry - the state of having only one husband at a timemonogamousness, monogamy - having only one spouse at a timeopen marriage - a marriage in which each partner is free to enter into extraneous sexual relationships without guilt or jealousy from the othercuckoldom - the state of a husband whose wife has committed adulterypolygamy - having more than one spouse at a timesigeh - a Shiite tradition of temporary marriage permitted in Iran that allows a couple to specify the terms of their relationship; can last from a few minutes to 99 years; "sigeh legally wraps premarital sex in an Islamic cloak" |
wedlocknoun marriage, matrimony, holy matrimony, married state, conjugal bond One in every four children are now born outside wedlock.wedlocknounThe state of being united as husband and wife:conjugality, connubiality, marriage, matrimony.Translationswedlock (ˈwedlok) noun the state of being married. 已婚狀態 婚姻,已婚状态 wedlock
born out of wedlockBorn to parents who were not married. ("Wedlock" is another term for matrimony.) His parents eventually married, but that boy was born out of wedlock.See also: born, of, out, wedlockout(side) of wedlockWithout being married to the other person in question. I know my grandparents raised their eyebrows when my girlfriend and I had our son out of wedlock, but they've never been rude about it. Back in my day, it was pretty unheard of to even live with someone outside of wedlock.See also: of, wedlockborn out of wedlockborn to an unmarried mother. The child was born out of wedlock. In the city many children are born out of wedlock.See also: born, of, out, wedlockout of wedlockOf parents not legally married, as in Over the centuries many royal children were born out of wedlock. The noun wedlock, for the state of being married, is rarely heard today except in this phrase, first recorded in 1675; its converse, in wedlock, dates from the 1300s and is even more rarely used. See also: of, out, wedlock out of wedlock Of parents not legally married to each other: born out of wedlock.See also: of, out, wedlockwedlock
wedlock noun The state of being married; marriage.wedlock Related to wedlock: child born out of wedlockSynonyms for wedlocknoun marriageSynonyms- marriage
- matrimony
- holy matrimony
- married state
- conjugal bond
Synonyms for wedlocknoun the state of being united as husband and wifeSynonyms- conjugality
- connubiality
- marriage
- matrimony
Synonyms for wedlocknoun the state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for life (or until divorce)Synonyms- marriage
- matrimony
- spousal relationship
- union
Related Words- law
- jurisprudence
- marital status
- bigamy
- common-law marriage
- endogamy
- inmarriage
- intermarriage
- exogamy
- marriage of convenience
- misalliance
- monandry
- monogamousness
- monogamy
- open marriage
- cuckoldom
- polygamy
- sigeh
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