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wed·lock
(wĕd′lŏk′)n.
Idiom: The state of being married; matrimony.
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.]
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wedlock
(ˈwɛdlɒk)n
1. the state of being married
2. (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)]
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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]
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Noun | 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" law, 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 unmarried bigamy - having two spouses at the same time common-law marriage - a marriage relationship created by agreement and cohabitation rather than by ceremony endogamy, inmarriage, intermarriage - marriage within one's own tribe or group as required by custom or law exogamy, intermarriage - marriage to a person belonging to a tribe or group other than your own as required by custom or law marriage of convenience - a marriage for expediency rather than love misalliance - an unsuitable alliance (especially with regard to marriage) monandry - the state of having only one husband at a time monogamousness, monogamy - having only one spouse at a time open marriage - a marriage in which each partner is free to enter into extraneous sexual relationships without guilt or jealousy from the other cuckoldom - the state of a husband whose wife has committed adultery polygamy - having more than one spouse at a time sigeh - 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" |
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wedlock
noun marriage, matrimony, holy matrimony, married state, conjugal bond One in every four children are now born outside wedlock.
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wedlock
nounThe state of being united as husband and wife:
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Translations
زَواج، زَوجِيَّه
ægteskab
hjónaband
laulība
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wedlock
[ˈwɛdlɒk] n → liens mpl du mariageto be born out of wedlock → être né(e) hors des liens du mariage
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wedlock
(ˈwedlok) noun the state of being married.
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