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matrimony|ˈmætrɪmənɪ|
Forms: 4 matirmoyne, -monye, matrimon, matermoyn(e, matremoyne, matermone, matrimoyne, -moine, Sc. matrimone, 4–5 matrimoigne, 4–6 matrymony, matrimonye, 5 matremony, 6 matrymonie, 6–7 matrimonie, 4– matrimony.
[a. OF. matremoine, -oyne, -oigne, a. L. mātrimōni-um wedlock, marriage, f. matr-em mother: see -mony.]
1. The rite of marriage; the action of marrying.
1303R. Brunne Handl. Synne 11156 The syxte sacrament ys matrymony, Þere hyt ys do ryȝtwusly. 1362Langl. P. Pl. A. x. 201 Seþþen lawe haþ I-loket þat vche mon haue a make In Mariage and Matrimoyne I-Medlet to-gedere. c1386Chaucer Knt.'s T. 2237 Bitwixen hem was maad anon the bond, That highte matrimoigne or mariage. c1440Gesta Rom. xlviii. 214 (Harl. MS.) What tyme that the solempnite of the matrimonye is made, holdithe him with yow. 1508Dunbar Tua mariit Wemen 152 Sen man ferst with matrimony ȝow menkit in kirk, How haif ȝe farne be ȝour faith? 1547Homilies i. Agst. Swearing i. (1859) 75 The sacrament of matrimony knitteth man and wife in perpetual love. 1548Cranmer Catech. 70 The fayth and promise made in matrimony. 1651Hobbes Leviath. iv. xlvii. 383 Teaching that Matrimony is a Sacrament, giveth to the Clergy the Judging of the lawfulnesse of Marriages. 1660R. Coke Power & Subj. 78 Matrimony is the act of two free persons..mutually taking one another for husband and wife. 1765Blackstone Comm. I. xvi. 444 All children born before matrimony are bastards by our law. 1841Lane Arab. Nts. I. 65 The tie of blood is, to him [an Arab], in every respect, stronger than that of matrimony. 1902T. M. Lindsay Ch. & Ministry in Early Cent. v. 198 In such a solemn action as matrimony the blessing of the Church should be joined to the Civil contract.
personified.1500–20Dunbar Poems xlii. 97 Matremony, that nobill king, Was grevit.
fig.c1440Gesta Rom. ix. 26 (Harl. MS.), Our lord ihesu crist,..drowe matrimony with vs, þat is to say, when þat he tooke our kynde.
†b. A joining in wedlock; a marriage; an alliance by marriage. Obs.
c1380Wyclif Sel. Wks. III. 348 Þei maken many divorsis, and many matrimonies, unleveful. c1400Destr. Troy 9223 A mariage & matremony hole. 1532Latimer Let. to Baynton in Foxe A. & M. (1583) 1751/2, I haue had more busines in my little cure since I spake with you, what with sicke folkes, and what with matrimonies, then I haue had since I came to it. 1535Cromwell in Merriman Life & Lett. (1902) I. 404 The saide Bisshop of Rome..ought to approbate and confyrme this present matrymonie. 1622Mabbe tr. Aleman's Guzman d'Alf. ii. 253 That which they doe..is no other thing, then to dissolue a matrimonie, and to open a doore to the Devill. 1660R. Coke Justice Vind. 2 If he were just, because he did adorn his Sisters with highest matrimonies [etc.]. 1737Whiston Josephus, Antiq. xx. vii. §3 He forsook at once this matrimony.
†c. A manner of marrying; nuptial ceremonial.
1718Lady M. W. Montagu Lett. to C'tess Bristol (1887) I. 242 What is most extraordinary in their customs, is their matrimony.
†d. The marriage service. Obs.
1700Dryden Sigismonda 165 The holy man..Made haste to sanctify the bliss by law; And muttered fast the matrimony o'er. 1724M. Davys Reformed Coquet 86, I doubt not but your Chaplain has the Matrimony by heart; but, if not, pray let him con his lesson before he comes.
2. The state or condition of being husband and wife; the relation between married persons.
c1325Metr. Hom. 121 Ef Crist paied no ware Of matirmoyne [Camb. MS. matrimon]..he noht thar [sc. til Cana Galile] Cumen. c1340Hampole Prose Tr. 11 In assys or cause of matremoyne. 1377Langl. P. Pl. B. xvi. 219 Matrimoigne with-oute moillerye is nouȝt moche to preyse. c1386Chaucer Pars. T. ⁋843 Matrimoyne is leefful assemblynge of man And of womman. 1422tr. Secreta Secret., Priv. Priv. 192 Matremony is a dingnite ordeyned of god. 1432–50tr. Higden (Rolls) II. 391 Hercules gate a son..whiche reignede after hym, not geten in trewe matrimony. 1529More Suppl. Soulys Wks. 307/2 Then shall matrimony be much better kepte. 1643Milton Divorce i. Pref., The misinterpreting of the scripture..hath chang'd the blessing of matrimony not seldom into a familiar and co-inhabiting mischief. 1722De Foe Relig. Courtsh. i. iii. (1840) 93 The very laws of matrimony forbid it. 1829Lytton Devereux i. i, Nothing in his estimation was less becoming to a wise man than matrimony.
†b. Phrases. to break matrimony: to commit adultery. to make matrimony: to join in wedlock. to make to matrimony: to take to wife. Obs.
1377Langl. P. Pl. B. xv. 235 If þei lacchen syluer And matrimoigne for monye maken & vnmaken. 1432–50tr. Higden (Rolls) IV. 9 Takenge the doȝhter of Darius to matrimony. 1526Tindale Matt. v. 32 Whosoever put awaye his wyfe..causeth her to breake matrimony. 1568Grafton Chron. II. 443 Forbiddyng them aboue all thinges the brech of Matrimonie, the vse of swearyng [etc.].
†3. A husband or wife. Obs.
c1620Fletcher & Mass. Little Fr. Lawyer iv. v, Restore my Matrimony undefil'd. 1673Dryden Marr. à la Mode ii. i, That sign of a husband there, that lazy matrimony.
†4. (See quot.) Obs.
1757W. Thompson R.N. Advoc. 41 If these Oxen do not weigh this weight, the practice of Matrimony is then introduced... It is weighing the Fore Quarter of a heavy Ox with the Hind Quarter of a light Ox, by which conjugated State they..produce the Standard Weight.
5. A game played with a full pack of cards and resembling Pope Joan. Also, the combination of king and queen of trumps in Pope Joan, Matrimony, and other games of cards. (Cf. marriage 7.)
1801Strutt Sports & Past. iv. ii. 296 We have also the Game of Snake, and the more modern Game of Matrimony, with others of the like kind. 1830R. Hardie Hoyle's Games, Pope Joan 82 Matrimony is the king and queen, and Intrigue the knave and queen of trumps. Ibid., Matrimony 83 The game..consists of five chances, viz. Matrimony, which is king and queen [etc.]. 1837Dickens Pickw. vi, When the spinster aunt got ‘matrimony’, the young ladies laughed afresh. 1876Capt. Crawley Card Players' Man. 211 Matrimony..is played with a full pack of cards. 1887All Year Round 5 Feb. 66 There was Matrimony [in Pope Joan]..the winning of which caused such delightful confusion to the ingenuous maid of the period.
6. slang and dial. A mixture of two comestibles or beverages.
1813Examiner 17 May 317/1 That injudicious mixing of wines, which is called matrimony. 1882Ogilvie, Matrimony..4. A name given jocularly to raisins and almonds mixed, and various other common combinations. 1892M. North Recollect. Happy Life I. 103 They gave us glasses of ‘matrimony’, a delicious compound made of star-apple sugar and the juice of Seville oranges.
7. Comb. in matrimony cake dial. (cf. 6), a round cake consisting of a layer of currants between two layers of pastry; matrimony-vine, a name for Lycium barbarum or L. vulgare.
1866Treas. Bot., Matrimony-vine. |