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matrimony

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Scrabble points
16
Words With Friends
18
Letters
9
Pronunciation
/ˈmat.ɹɪ.mə.ni/
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/ˈmat.ɹɪ.mə.ni/ · /ˈmæt.ɹɪˌmoʊ.ni/

Definition of matrimony

4 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (uncountable)Marriage; the state of being married.
    “If either of you know any impediment, why ye may not be lawfully joined together in matrimony, ye do now confess it.”
    “[…]you can play around with girls without being involved in meshes of sentiment, and you can do anything and be justified—and here am I with the brains to do everything, yet tied to the sinking ship of future matrimony.”
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noun

  1. (uncountable)Marriage; the state of being married.
    “If either of you know any impediment, why ye may not be lawfully joined together in matrimony, ye do now confess it.”
    “[…]you can play around with girls without being involved in meshes of sentiment, and you can do anything and be justified—and here am I with the brains to do everything, yet tied to the sinking ship of future matrimony.”
  2. (countable)The ceremony of marriage.
  3. (uncountable)A particular solitaire card game using two decks of cards.
  4. (countable, obsolete, uncountable)A spouse.

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Etymology

From Old French matremoine, from Latin mātrimōnium (“marriage, wedlock”), from mātri(s) (“mother”) + -mōnium (“obligation”). By surface analysis, matri- + -mony. Compare patrimony.

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