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UK
/mˈætɹɪməni/
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[ US /ˈmætɹəˌmoʊni/ ]
[ US /ˈmætɹəˌmoʊni/ ]
NOUN
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the state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for life (or until divorce)
God bless this union
a long and happy marriage - the ceremony or sacrament of marriage
How To Use matrimony In A Sentence
- The notion of legal matrimony as a blessed union of souls is as misconstrued as it is unnecessary.
- Not long after, they were joined in holy matrimony.
- The failing to do this is the greatest mistake of the present generation, for if girls be capable of nothing but morbid sentiment or what we term flirtation, they will naturally look to matrimony as their destiny and as a means of support -- a self-abasement from which no woman can fully recover, even under the most favorable circumstances. How to Train Girls.
- That was her reward of childless matrimony, as the appreciation of her humors was his. The Readjustment
- Upon my poetical veracity I do not see the strength of your objection, but as matrimony is a very tender subject, as well as a longwinded one, I had better give you Mr Pitt's answer when he did not choose to give any, 'I have not made up my mind.' Letter 265
- A simple church service that will unite us in matrimony for the rest of our mortal days is all we need.
- What portion of himself or herself any one complicated physical and psychological human being really and truly 'conveys' to another by means of the simple contract known as the "plighted troth" or that of a larger deed called the called the "solemnization of matrimony", is a riddle difficult of solution; and as to how much one may claim on the strength of one or other of these indentures, that is a more difficult problem still. Hints for Lovers
- When money ran out, they were the only ones working on their land not grudging their son's indulgence in the newfound joys of matrimony.
- Pleasures_ was published -- 1682-1683 -- the following work was registered at Stationers 'Hall: _The Woman's Advocate, or fifteen real comforts of matrimony, being in requital of the late fifteen_ sham _comforts_. The Ten Pleasures of Marriage and the Second Part, The Confession of the New Married Couple
- Pleasures_ was published -- 1682-1683 -- the following work was registered at Stationers 'Hall: _The Woman's Advocate, or fifteen real comforts of matrimony, being in requital of the late fifteen_ sham _comforts_. The Ten Pleasures of Marriage and the Second Part, The Confession of the New Married Couple