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English noun: matrimony

1. matrimony (state) the state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for life (or until divorce)


SamplesA long and happy marriage.
God bless this union.


Synonymsmarriage, spousal relationship, union, wedlock


Broader (hypernym)marital status


Narrower (hyponym)bigamy, common-law marriage, cuckoldom, endogamy, exogamy, inmarriage, intermarriage, intermarriage, marriage of convenience, misalliance, monandry, monogamousness, monogamy, open marriage, polygamy, sigeh


Domain categoryjurisprudence, law

2. matrimony (act) the ceremony or sacrament of marriage


Broader (hypernym)sacrament









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