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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Matrimony \Mat"ri*mo*ny\, noun [OE. matrimoine, through Old French, fr. L. matrimonium, fr. mater mother. See {Mother}.]
1. The union of man and woman as husband and wife; the nuptial state; marriage; wedlock.
If either of you know any impediment, why ye may not be lawfully joined together in matrimony, ye do now confess it. --Book of Com. Prayer (Eng. Ed.)
2. A kind of game at cards played by several persons.
{Matrimony vine} (Bot.), a climbing thorny vine ({Lycium barbarum}) of the Potato family. --Gray.
Syn: Marriage; wedlock. See {Marriage}.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
matrimony
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" [syn: {marriage}, {union}, {spousal relationship}, {wedlock}]
2: the ceremony or sacrament of marriage
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
41 Moby Thesaurus words for "matrimony": a world-without-end bargain, alliance, baptism, bed, bond of matrimony, bridebed, cohabitation, confirmation, conjugal bond, conjugal knot, coverture, extreme unction, holy matrimony, holy orders, holy wedlock, husbandhood, ill-assorted marriage, intermarriage, interracial marriage, marriage, marriage bed, marriage sacrament, match, matrimonial union, mesalliance, misalliance, miscegenation, mixed marriage, nuptial bond, penance, sacrament of matrimony, seven sacraments, spousehood, the Eucharist, union, wedded bliss, wedded state, weddedness, wedding knot, wedlock, wifehood
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