| 单词 | matrimony |
| 释义 | matrimony (once / 902 pages) n Matrimony is just a fancy way of saying "marriage." 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. The Latin word for matrimony is matrimonium, which comes from combining mater, "mother," with the suffix monium, "action or condition." In the old days, matrimony was basically the same thing as making a woman into a wife and mother. WORD FAMILYmatrimony: matrimonial, matrimonies+/matrimonial: matrimonially USAGE EXAMPLESLike the love of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, Evangelicalism 101 also teaches the holy trinity of matrimony: man, woman, church. New York Times(Nov 18, 2016) Clearly, something is rotten in the state of matrimony. Washington Post(Sep 12, 2016) It took two feminist revolutions before those laws were dismantled and women could emerge from matrimony their own subjects. Time(Aug 08, 2016) 1n the state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for life (or until divorce) Syn|Hypo|Hyper marriage, spousal relationship, union, wedlock bigamy having two spouses at the same time common-law marriagea marriage relationship created by agreement and cohabitation rather than by ceremony endogamy, inmarriage, intermarriagemarriage within one's own tribe or group as required by custom or law exogamy, intermarriagemarriage to a person belonging to a tribe or group other than your own as required by custom or law marriage of conveniencea marriage for expediency rather than love misalliancean unsuitable alliance (especially with regard to marriage) monandrythe state of having only one husband at a time monogamousness, monogamyhaving only one spouse at a time open marriagea marriage in which each partner is free to enter into extraneous sexual relationships without guilt or jealousy from the other cuckoldomthe state of a husband whose wife has committed adultery polygamyhaving more than one spouse at a time sigeha 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 mesalliancea marriage with a person of inferior social status monogynyhaving only one wife at a time serial monogamya succession of short monogamous relationships (as by someone who undergoes multiple divorces) polyandryhaving more than one husband at a time polygynyhaving more than one wife at a time marital status the condition of being married or unmarried 2n the ceremony or sacrament of marriage Hyper sacrament a formal religious ceremony conferring a specific grace on those who receive it; the two Protestant ceremonies are baptism and the Lord's Supper; in the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church there are seven traditional rites accepted as instituted by Jesus: baptism and confirmation and Holy Eucharist and penance and holy orders and matrimony and extreme unction |
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