Definition of wedlock Wedlock

/wɛˈdlɑˌk/ - [wedlak] - wed•lock

We found 9 definitions of wedlock from 6 different sources.

What does wedlock mean?

Noun
wedlock - the state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for life (or until divorce); "a long and happy marriage"; "God bless this union"
		marriage, matrimony, union, spousal relationship
		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