'Matrimony' definitions:
Definition of 'matrimony'
(from WordNet)
noun
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, matrimony, union, spousal relationship, wedlock]
noun
The ceremony or sacrament of marriage
Definition of 'Matrimony'
From: GCIDE
- Matrimony \Mat"ri*mo*ny\, n. [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. [1913 Webster]
- 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.) [1913 Webster]
- 2. A kind of game at cards played by several persons. [1913 Webster]
- Matrimony vine (Bot.), a climbing thorny vine ({Lycium barbarum}) of the Potato family. --Gray. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: Marriage; wedlock. See Marriage. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'matrimony'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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