wedlock

[wed·lock]

The noun wedlock means marriage; you might describe your newly married sister as "entering the magical state of wedlock."

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The ceremony, or the state, of marriage; matrimony.

Noun
the state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for life (or until divorce); "a long and happy marriage"; "God bless this union"


v. i.
The ceremony, or the state, of marriage; matrimony.

v. i.
A wife; a married woman.

v. t.
To marry; to unite in marriage; to wed.


Wedlock

Wed"lock , n. [AS. wedl'bec a pledge, be trothal; wedd a pledge + l'bec a gift, an offering. See Wed, n., and cf. Lake, v. i., Knowledge.] 1. The ceremony, or the state, of marriage; matrimony. "That blissful yoke . . . that men clepeth [call] spousal, or wedlock." Chaucer.
For what is wedlock forced but a hell, An age of discord or continual strife?
2. A wife; a married woman. [Obs.] B. Jonson. Syn. -- See Marriage.

Wedlock

Wed"lock, v. t. To marry; to unite in marriage; to wed. [R.] "Man thus wedlocked." Milton.

The ceremony, or the state, of marriage; matrimony.

To marry; to unite in marriage; to wed.

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Usage Examples

They dream in courtship, but in wedlock wake.

The chain of wedlock is so heavy that it takes two to carry it - and sometimes three.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

The trouble with wedlock is that there's not enough wed and too much lock.

A person's character is but half formed till after wedlock.

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