What does matrimony mean?

Definitions for matrimony
ˈmæ trəˌmoʊ nimat·ri·mo·ny

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. marriage, matrimony, union, spousal relationship, wedlocknoun

    the state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for life (or until divorce)

    "a long and happy marriage"; "God bless this union"

  2. matrimonynoun

    the ceremony or sacrament of marriage

Wiktionary

  1. matrimonynoun

    marriage or the state of being married

  2. matrimonynoun

    the marriage ceremony

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. MATRIMONYnoun

    Marriage; the nuptial state; the contract of man and wife; nuptials.

    Etymology: matrimonium, Lat.

    If any know cause why this couple should not be joined in holy matrimony, they are to declare it. Common Prayer.

Wikipedia

  1. matrimony

    Marriage, also called matrimony or wedlock, is a culturally and often legally recognized union between people called spouses. It establishes rights and obligations between them, as well as between them and their children, and between them and their in-laws. It is nearly a cultural universal, but the definition of marriage varies between cultures and religions, and over time. Typically, it is an institution in which interpersonal relationships, usually sexual, are acknowledged or sanctioned. In some cultures, marriage is recommended or considered to be compulsory before pursuing any sexual activity. A marriage ceremony is called a wedding. Individuals may marry for several reasons, including legal, social, libidinal, emotional, financial, spiritual, and religious purposes. Whom they marry may be influenced by gender, socially determined rules of incest, prescriptive marriage rules, parental choice, and individual desire. In some areas of the world, arranged marriage, child marriage, polygamy, and forced marriage are practiced. In other areas, such practices are outlawed to preserve women's rights or children's rights (both female and male) or as a result of international law. In some parts of the world, marriage has historically restricted the rights of women, who are (or were) considered the property of the husband. Around the world, primarily in developed democracies, there has been a general trend towards ensuring equal rights for women within marriage (including abolishing coverture, liberalizing divorce laws, and reforming reproductive and sexual rights) and legally recognizing the marriages of interfaith, interracial/interethnic/inter-caste, and same-sex couples. Controversies continue regarding the legal status of married women, leniency towards violence within marriage, customs such as dowry and bride price, forced marriage, marriageable age, and criminalization of premarital and extramarital sex. Female age at marriage has proven to be a strong indicator for female autonomy and is continuously used by economic history research.Marriage can be recognized by a state, an organization, a religious authority, a tribal group, a local community, or peers. It is often viewed as a contract. A religious marriage is performed by a religious institution to recognize and create the rights and obligations intrinsic to matrimony in that religion. Religious marriage is known variously as sacramental marriage in Catholicism, nikah in Islam, nissuin in Judaism, and various other names in other faith traditions, each with their own constraints as to what constitutes, and who can enter into, a valid religious marriage.

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  1. matrimony

    Matrimony is a formal, socially recognized and legally binding union between two people, typically in a ceremonial context, often considered as a contract of marriage. It involves mutual rights, responsibilities, duties, and a lifelong commitment and is often associated with cultural, religious or social traditions.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Matrimonynoun

    the union of man and woman as husband and wife; the nuptial state; marriage; wedlock

  2. Matrimonynoun

    a kind of game at cards played by several persons

Wikidata

  1. Matrimony

    7 Track Ep, with alternate version of "Complex."

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Matrimony

    mat′ri-mun-i, n. union of husband and wife, marriage: state of marriage.—adj. Matrimō′nial, relating to, derived from, marriage.—adj. Matrimō′nially. [O. Fr.,—L. matrimoniummater.]

The Foolish Dictionary, by Gideon Wurdz

  1. 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.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of matrimony in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of matrimony in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of matrimony in a Sentence

  1. Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield:

    In matters of religion and matrimony I never give any advice because I will not have anybody's torments in this world or the next laid to my charge.

  2. Oliver Goldsmith:

    It seemed to me pretty plain, that they had more of love than matrimony in them.

  3. Jane Austen, Mansfield Park:

    In all the important preparations of the mind she was complete: being prepared for matrimony by an hatred of home, restraint, and tranquillity; by the misery of disappointed affection, and contempt of the man she was to marry.

  4. Kimano M. Edwards:

    The matrimony of morality and laws is the ark of Western civilization. What we are witnessing is the tragic divorce of civility and humanity that results from discord between the two.

  5. George Farquhar:

    When the blind lead the blind, no wonder they both fall into -- matrimony.

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