1. wedlock - Noun
2. wedlock - Verb
The ceremony, or the state, of marriage; matrimony.
A wife; a married woman.
To marry; to unite in marriage; to wed.
Source: Webster's dictionaryAlso 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