Definition of matrimony Matrimony
/mæˈtɹʌmowˌni/ - [matrumownee] - mat•ri•mo•ny
We found 10 definitions of matrimony from 7 different sources.
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What does matrimony mean?
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NounPlural: matrimonies |
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| matrimony - the ceremony or sacrament of marriage | ||
| matrimony - the state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for life (or until divorce); "a long and happy marriage"; "God bless this union" | ||
| marriage, union, spousal relationship, wedlock | ||
| marital status the condition of being married or unmarried | ||
| jurisprudence, law the branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do | ||
| bigamy the offense of marrying someone while you have a living spouse from whom no valid divorce has occurred | ||
| common-law marriage a marriage relationship created by agreement and cohabitation rather than by ceremony | ||
| endogamy, inmarriage, intermarriage marriage within one's own tribe or group as required by custom or law | ||
| exogamy, intermarriage marriage to a person belonging to a tribe or group other than your own as required by custom or law | ||
| marriage of convenience a marriage for expediency rather than love | ||
| misalliance an unsuitable alliance (especially with regard to marriage) | ||
| monandry the state of having only one husband at a time | ||
| monogamousness, monogamy having only one spouse at a time | ||
| open marriage a marriage in which each partner is free to enter into extraneous sexual relationships without guilt or jealousy from the other | ||
| cuckoldom the state of a husband whose wife has committed adultery | ||
| polygamy having more than one spouse at a time | ||
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Wiktionary 
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- matrimony (n.)
The union of man and woman as husband and wife; the nuptial state; marriage; wedlock. - matrimony (n.)
A kind of game at cards played by several persons.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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matrimony
The state of being married.
Foolish DictionaryThe Foolish Dictionary 🤡
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matrimony
A game for women, in which the unmarried half are trying to find a husband and the married half trying not to be found out by one. Both halves are eminently successful.
Proverbs DictionaryProverbs Dictionary 📗
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matrimony
Matrimony's a matter of money.
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🔤- matrimony, noun, singular of matrimonies.
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