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wedlock

wed·lock

UK/ˈwɛd.lɒk/ US/ˈwɛd.lɑk/ uncommon obsolete

noun

1.

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

  • “a long and happy marriage”
  • “God bless this union”
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Origin

From Middle English wedlok, wedlocke (“wedlock, marriage, matrimony”), from Old English wedlāc (“marriage vow, pledge, plighted troth, wedlock”). By surface analysis, wed + -lock.

Phrases

  • break wedlock
  • out of wedlock

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