wedlock

Speech parts

1. wedlock - Noun

2. wedlock - Verb

Meaning

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

A wife; a married woman.

To marry; to unite in marriage; to wed.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

union association alliance marriage married sacrament matrimony match ceremony marry wedding merger mating coupling marital
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Antonyms

split separation divorce dissolution breach cleavage
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Hypernyms

marital status

Hyponyms

polygamy monogamy bigamy misalliance intermarriage endogamy

Related terms

bridelock

Phrases with the word

out of wedlock born in wedlock join in holy wedlock out of the wedlock child born out of wedlock outside wedlock

Examples

Also advocating celibacy and virginity as preferable alternatives to marriage, Jerome wrote: "It is not disparaging wedlock to prefer virginity. Source: Internet

Charles Bukowski repeatedly claimed to be born out of wedlock, but Andernach marital records indicate that his parents married one month before his birth. Source: Internet

He was the father of an illigitimate son, Sancho Fernandes, prior of Santo Estêvão of Alfama.sfn Out of wedlock, he had two illegitimate sons: * João Afonso (d. 9 October 1234), buried in the Alcobaça monastery;sfn * Pedro Afonso (d. after 1249). Source: Internet

A Woman Rebels (1936) followed, a Victorian era drama where Hepburn's character defied convention by having a child out of wedlock. Source: Internet

Even more painful, however, was the news in April 1928 that Sylvia had given birth out of wedlock. Source: Internet

All of them were born out of wedlock, but legitimized upon their parents' eventual marriage. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

Wedin wedjat wedlease wedlock pledge wedlocked wedmin