Meaning of WEDLOCK
| Pronunciation: | | 'wedlâk
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| | Definition: | | [n] state of being husband and wife; "a long and happy marriage"; "God bless this union" |
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| | Synonyms: | | marriage, matrimony, union |
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| | See Also: | | bigamy, common-law marriage, endogamy, exogamy, inmarriage, intermarriage, marital status, marriage of convenience, misalliance, monandry, monogamousness, monogamy, monogyny, open marriage, polyandry, polygamy, polygyny | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Wed"lock\, n. [AS. wedl[=a]c a pledge, be trothal; wedd
a pledge + l[=a]c a gift, an offering. See {Wed}, n., and cf.
{Lake}, v. i., {Knowledge}.]
1. The ceremony, or the state, of marriage; matrimony. ``That
blissful yoke . . . that men clepeth [call] spousal, or
wedlock.'' --Chaucer.
For what is wedlock forced but a hell, An age of
discord or continual strife? --Shak.
2. A wife; a married woman. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.
Syn: See {Marriage}.
\Wed"lock\, v. t.
To marry; to unite in marriage; to wed. [R.] ``Man thus
wedlocked.'' --Milton.
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| | Definition: | | Dreaming that you are forced into wedlock, foretells that you will be forced into a disagreeable situation.
Dreaming that you are dissatisfied with your wedlock, foretells tendencies toward illicit behavior. |
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