matrimonialadj.n.

Brit.

/ˌmatrᵻˈməʊnɪəl/, U.S.

/ˌmætrəˈmoʊniəl/

Forms: late Middle English matrimonyal, late Middle English– matrimonial, 1500s–1600s matrimoniall; Scottish pre-1700 maitremonyill, pre-1700 matrimoniale, pre-1700 matrimoniall, pre-1700 matrymoniall.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French matrimonial.

Etymology: < Anglo-Norman matrimoniail, Middle French matrimonial (14th cent.; French matrimonial ) < classical Latin mātrimōniālis of or relating to marriage < mātrimōnium matrimony n. + -ālis -al suffix¹. Compare Italian matrimoniale (a1292), Spanish matrimonial (1438), Portuguese matrimonial (15th cent.).

A. adj.

a. Of or relating to marriage.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > [adjective]

matrimonial1449

yoked1531

conjugal1545

geniala1547

marriageable1597

married1598

hymeneal1602

marital1603

hymenean1606

weddeda1616

matrimonious1645

connubial1656

gamical1660

hymenial1710

J. Metham Amoryus & Cleopes (1916) 2050 (MED) The neste morwe to come to chyrche..To joyne Amoryus and Cleopes be lawe matrimonyal.

?1533 G. Du Wes Introductorie for to lerne Frenche sig. Bbii ^v The seconde loue is called matrimoniall.

?1571 tr. G. Buchanan Detectioun Marie Quene of Scottes sig. Niiij Of matrimoniall loue there is almaist na liuing creature that hath nat some feling.

c1610–15 Life St. Etheldred in C. Horstmann Lives Women Saints (1886) 67 King Ecgfride promised him greate summes..if he could persuade the Queene to vse matrimoniall companie with him.

1689 Ess. Satyr in Fourth Coll. Poems 30 He lugg'd about the matrimonial load.

1700 E. Ward London Spy II. iv. 11 I had no Matrimonial Drudgery to anticipate my rest.

1768 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. III. 72 Matrimonial causes..are another..branch of the ecclesiastical jurisdiction.

1780 W. Cowper Table Talk 74 With close fidelity and love unfeigned, To keep the matrimonial bond unstained.

1829 E. Bulwer-Lytton Devereux I. i. i. 4 One peculiarity had he,..an exceeding distaste to the matrimonial state.

1884 ‘Rita’ My Lord Conceit vii. ii The matrimonial knot is not an easy one to slip out of.

1911 G. B. Shaw Getting Married Pref. in Doctor's Dilemma 142 Our democratic and matrimonial institutions..put a premium on want of self-respect in certain very important matters.

1920 E. Wharton Age of Innocence xv. 128 A young lady who..was now eager to tell him of her own matrimonial hopes.

1988 M. Warner Lost Father xvii. 177 We can sleep in our own matrimonial bed.

1992 E. Rees Hunter's Harem (BNC) iv However much she told herself that Luke Hunter's matrimonial intentions were no business of hers, the feeling persisted.

b. figurative.

ΚΠ

?1555 M. Coverdale tr. O. Werdmueller Treat. Death i. xxxix. 149 To open vnto the lord, to let hym in, and with him to passe forth into hys royal and matrimonial palace of the euerlastyng ioyfull kyngdome.

1576 T. Newton tr. L. Lemnie Touchstone of Complexions i. ix. 75 b To keepe..an equal poyze of matrymoniall consent and agreemente together betweene them [sc. mind and body].

1823 Ld. Byron Island ii. xx. 43 His cutlass droop'd,..His pistols were Link'd to his belt, a matrimonial pair.

2. Deriving by marriage; esp. in crown matrimonial. Now historical.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > [adjective] > derived from marriage

matrimonial1558

1558 Acts Parl. Scotl. (1814) II. 507/2 It is..the quenis grace mynd..to honour..the..doulphin of France hir spous with ane croun matrimoniale of honour induring the mariage.

1587 R. Holinshed et al. Hist. Scotl. (new ed.) 365/1 in Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) II The Dolphin of France..did vehementlie request, that the crowne (which they terme matrimoniall) should be giuen vnto him.

1622 F. Bacon Hist. Raigne Henry VII 4 If he [sc. Henry VII] relied vpon that Title [sc. his marriage with Elizabeth of York], he could..but..haue rather a Matrimoniall then a Regall power.

1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People vii. §4. 378 Mary's scornful refusal of his [sc. Darnley's] claim of the ‘crown matrimonial’..drove his jealousy to madness.

1933 H. Norris 19th Cent. Costume & Fashion (1998) iii. 77 The beautiful lace veil is surmounted by the crown matrimonial of Great Britain.

2005 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 11 Feb. a12 Prince Philip is referred to as the Royal Consort.., but he does not share what is known as ‘the crown matrimonial’.

3. Inclining towards or having a view to marriage; tending to encourage or predispose to marriage. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > fitness for marriage > [adjective] > inclining or conducive to marrying

matrimonial1735

matrimonious1837

1735 J. Swift Death & Daphne in Wks. II. 406 His matrimonial Spirit fled.

1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones IV. xi. iv. 119 She had matrimonial Charms in great Abundance.

1763 F. Brooke Hist. Lady Julia Mandeville (ed. 2) II. 45 I begin to think the good old lady has a matrimonial design upon him.

1836 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers (1837) xii. 116 She fancied she observed a species of matrimonial twinkle in the eyes of her lodger.

B. n.

†a. A marriage; a wedding. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > a marriage > [noun]

wedlock1377

matrimonya1402

marriagea1500

matrimoniala1500

a1500 Partenay (Trin. Cambr.) 952 With great ioy made thys matrimonial.

b. In plural. Marriage celebrations; nuptials.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > wedding or nuptials > [noun]

wifethingeOE

bridelopeOE

brydthing971

bridelockOE

bridalOE

noces?c1225

wedlocka1300

spousingc1300

weddingc1300

marriagea1375

espousala1393

sponsalia1535

nuptial1566

espousing1581

nuptial1581

marriage rite1592

nuptiallings1600

Hymen1608

marriage ceremony1616

bridaltya1637

confarreation1645

hymeneals1655

farreation1656

church wedding1852

nuptialities1863

shadi1893

matrimonials1986

1986 Maclean's (Nexis) 8 Sept. 9 This has turned out to be a bust of a summer, what with the Statue of Liberty shindig and the latest royal matrimonials posing as events of substance.

1990 Lewiston Morning Tribune (Nexis) 3 June 1 e The flower shop has also seen an increase in the number of mature matrimonials.

1999 Women's Wear Daily (Nexis) 9 Feb. 6 A couple of heavy-duty matrimonials like the upcoming spring plunge of Cordelia de Castellane and Hubert Lanvine.

2. In plural. Matrimonial matters; matrimonial prospects. rare.

ΚΠ

1869 T. W. Robertson School i. 13 No father and no mother, and an heiress. It's a gorgeous thing in matrimonials.

1896 W. S. Gilbert Grand Duke i. 22 Bar. Oh Rudolph, we ought to be very happy! Rud. If I'm not, it'll be my first bad investment. Still, there is such a thing as a slump, even in Matrimonials.

3. In plural.

a. U.S. Law. Matrimonial lawsuits; legal practice involving marital or domestic cases.

ΚΠ

1970 N.Y. Law Jrnl. 14 Aug. 12/6 (advt.) Matrimonials —— N.Y., B'klyn, S.I. lawyers only.

1980 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 28 June 20/4 Several prestigious matrimonial attorneys licked their chops in anticipation of the fee bonanza ahead as matrimonials assume the character of negligence cases.

1999 Employee Benefits (Nexis) Feb. 40 If an employer is to offer legal services, it may be a good idea to put a cap on costs and/or the categories covered, perhaps limiting them to property buying, wills, matrimonials or minor traffic offences.

b. Chiefly Indian English. Advertisements placed in a newspaper with the aim of finding a marriageable partner.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > information > publishing or spreading abroad > advertising > advertising in the press > [noun] > types of press advertisement

lost1762

lost(s) and founds1777

small advertisement1811

blind advertisement1842

want advertisementa1871

reading notice1872

small ad1875

want ad1892

classified1909

smalls1919

tombstone1948

tele ad1967

matrimonials1989

1989 Los Angeles Times (Nexis) 2 July 10/1 The Hindustan Times was the first newspaper in north India to begin carrying matrimonials in the early 1970s.

1999 Statesman (Calcutta) 10 Feb. (Midweek section) 4/3 When I have a job I'll have to begin a whole new search for my better half... Back to the newspaper matrimonials on Sundays.

Compounds

C1.

matrimonial advertisement n.

ΚΠ

1980 Eng. World-wide 1 4 Unmistakable culture-bound specimens like passages from an Onitsha Market novel, or Indian matrimonial advertisements.

1984 H. Hirt Heart of Winter i. 2 His face was..very fair—what the Indian matrimonial advertisements describe as a ‘wheat’ complexion.

matrimonial agency n.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > match-making > [noun] > marriage bureau

matrimonial agency1860

marriage bureau1942

1860 Vanity Fair (N.Y.) 20 77/2 The advantages to be derived from the Matrimonial Agency brought out by an intelligent and shrewd Yankee.

1895 Bachelor Arts Monthly May 113 There is even danger that soon ‘co-ed’ institutions will degenerate into mere matrimonial agencies.

1967 C. Watson Lonelyheart 4122 v. 46 He has the traditional English middle-class attitude to matrimonial agencies. Terribly infra dig.

matrimonial agent n.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > match-making > [noun] > marriage bureau > one who works for

matrimonial agent1860

1860 Vanity Fair (N.Y.) 20 77/2 A few years of experience and successful practice as a Matrimonial agent in Paris and London.

1917 N. Douglas South Wind ii. 18 He..resembles a broken-down matrimonial agent.

matrimonial broker n.

ΚΠ

1869 J. H. Browne Great Metropolis lxix. 588 Matrimonial brokers are of recent origin in New-York.

matrimonial brokerage n.

ΚΠ

1856 Southern Literary Messenger June 445/2 Is not this matrimonial brokerage quite à la Francaise?

1869 J. H. Browne Great Metropolis lxix. 590 Matrimonial brokerage is merely match-making systematized.

matrimonial bureau n.

ΚΠ

1877 H. James American iii. 47 ‘She [sc. a wife] is already found. I will bring you together.’ ‘Oh, come,’ said Tristram, ‘we don't keep a matrimonial bureau.’

1925 E. H. Young William xxxvi. 308 I hope the matrimonial bureau will be a great success.

1994 Scotsman 8 Oct. (Weekend) 11/2 The office, as every staff member knows, is not just a coffee-bar, matrimonial bureau, betting shop, reading room, [etc.].

matrimonial column n.

ΚΠ

1987 N. Sibal Yatra 82 All those who advertised in newspaper matrimonial columns wanted, or offered, fair-skinned brides.

C2.

matrimonial cake n. Canadian a rectangular cake or biscuit with a date filling and a crumble topping.

ΚΠ

1944 Canad. Favourites Cook Bk. 192 Matrimonial Cake... Spread one half the crumbs in greased shallow pan about 8 × 14 inches... Cover with cooled date filling.

1996 Spectator (Hamilton, Ont.) 13 Mar. b9 Most people simply call them date squares, but I grew up in Saskatchewan where they were called matrimonial cake.

matrimonial proceeding n. (usually in plural) (a) matters or events relating to a marriage or civil partnership (now rare in this sense); (b) Law a proceeding for ending a marriage or civil partnership, and resolving any related matters (now the usual sense).

ΚΠ

1835 Caledonian Mercury 18 June Marriage of the Queen of Portugal with the Duke of Nemours. Our Ministers were not unapprized of the matrimonial proceedings which were going on at Lisbon.

1846 Boston Investigator 18 Nov. The New Haven Register contains the following brief record of certain matrimonial proceedings in the Supreme Court of that city at its October term.

1871 in Ordinances enacted 1871 (Ceylon) (1872) 42 All Matrimonial Proceedings shall be charged as in the Fourth Class.

1925 Charleston (W. Va.) Gaz. 23 Aug. ii. 4/7 I should say that the ushers were the luckiest people of these matrimonial proceedings.

1963 Mod. Law Rev. 26 92 In matrimonial proceedings in the magistrates' court the magistrates can make an order against the stepfather.

1981 Guardian 25 Mar. 9/2 The inevitable unhappiness associated with most matrimonial proceedings has..been considerably magnified by the adversarial nature of the court proceedings.

1994 Daily Mail (Nexis) 24 Sept. 13 A wedding day custom as much part of the matrimonial proceedings as confetti and the groom's stag night.

2017 Times of India (Nexis) 20 Feb. This judgement will come as a welcome relief to parties who find that, in anticipation of matrimonial proceedings, their spouse's pension has been transferred overseas.

Derivatives

matriˈmonialism n. rare the state or condition of being married.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > [noun] > doctrine of excellence of marriage

matrimonialism1811

1811 P. B. Shelley Let. 20 June (1964) I. 111 I could adjust the glittering tinsel ornaments of anticipated matrimonialism.

matriˈmonialist n. rare a person empowered to celebrate marriages.

ΚΠ

1834 Fraser's Mag. 9 385 Some of those..gentlemen who are hoping..to exalt their sons and cousins..into a sort of official dignity, as licensed matrimonialists.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	matrimonial
释义	matrimonialadj.n. Brit. /ˌmatrᵻˈməʊnɪəl/, U.S. /ˌmætrəˈmoʊniəl/ Forms: late Middle English matrimonyal, late Middle English– matrimonial, 1500s–1600s matrimoniall; Scottish pre-1700 maitremonyill, pre-1700 matrimoniale, pre-1700 matrimoniall, pre-1700 matrymoniall. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French matrimonial. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman matrimoniail, Middle French matrimonial (14th cent.; French matrimonial ) < classical Latin mātrimōniālis of or relating to marriage < mātrimōnium matrimony n. + -ālis -al suffix¹. Compare Italian matrimoniale (a1292), Spanish matrimonial (1438), Portuguese matrimonial (15th cent.). A. adj. 1. a. Of or relating to marriage. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > [adjective] matrimonial1449 yoked1531 conjugal1545 geniala1547 marriageable1597 married1598 hymeneal1602 marital1603 hymenean1606 weddeda1616 matrimonious1645 connubial1656 gamical1660 hymenial1710 J. Metham Amoryus & Cleopes (1916) 2050 (MED) The neste morwe to come to chyrche..To joyne Amoryus and Cleopes be lawe matrimonyal. ?1533 G. Du Wes Introductorie for to lerne Frenche sig. Bbii ^v The seconde loue is called matrimoniall. ?1571 tr. G. Buchanan Detectioun Marie Quene of Scottes sig. Niiij Of matrimoniall loue there is almaist na liuing creature that hath nat some feling. c1610–15 Life St. Etheldred in C. Horstmann Lives Women Saints (1886) 67 King Ecgfride promised him greate summes..if he could persuade the Queene to vse matrimoniall companie with him. 1689 Ess. Satyr in Fourth Coll. Poems 30 He lugg'd about the matrimonial load. 1700 E. Ward London Spy II. iv. 11 I had no Matrimonial Drudgery to anticipate my rest. 1768 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. III. 72 Matrimonial causes..are another..branch of the ecclesiastical jurisdiction. 1780 W. Cowper Table Talk 74 With close fidelity and love unfeigned, To keep the matrimonial bond unstained. 1829 E. Bulwer-Lytton Devereux I. i. i. 4 One peculiarity had he,..an exceeding distaste to the matrimonial state. 1884 ‘Rita’ My Lord Conceit vii. ii The matrimonial knot is not an easy one to slip out of. 1911 G. B. Shaw Getting Married Pref. in Doctor's Dilemma 142 Our democratic and matrimonial institutions..put a premium on want of self-respect in certain very important matters. 1920 E. Wharton Age of Innocence xv. 128 A young lady who..was now eager to tell him of her own matrimonial hopes. 1988 M. Warner Lost Father xvii. 177 We can sleep in our own matrimonial bed. 1992 E. Rees Hunter's Harem (BNC) iv However much she told herself that Luke Hunter's matrimonial intentions were no business of hers, the feeling persisted. b. figurative. ΚΠ ?1555 M. Coverdale tr. O. Werdmueller Treat. Death i. xxxix. 149 To open vnto the lord, to let hym in, and with him to passe forth into hys royal and matrimonial palace of the euerlastyng ioyfull kyngdome. 1576 T. Newton tr. L. Lemnie Touchstone of Complexions i. ix. 75 b To keepe..an equal poyze of matrymoniall consent and agreemente together betweene them [sc. mind and body]. 1823 Ld. Byron Island ii. xx. 43 His cutlass droop'd,..His pistols were Link'd to his belt, a matrimonial pair. 2. Deriving by marriage; esp. in crown matrimonial. Now historical. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > [adjective] > derived from marriage matrimonial1558 1558 Acts Parl. Scotl. (1814) II. 507/2 It is..the quenis grace mynd..to honour..the..doulphin of France hir spous with ane croun matrimoniale of honour induring the mariage. 1587 R. Holinshed et al. Hist. Scotl. (new ed.) 365/1 in Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) II The Dolphin of France..did vehementlie request, that the crowne (which they terme matrimoniall) should be giuen vnto him. 1622 F. Bacon Hist. Raigne Henry VII 4 If he [sc. Henry VII] relied vpon that Title [sc. his marriage with Elizabeth of York], he could..but..haue rather a Matrimoniall then a Regall power. 1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People vii. §4. 378 Mary's scornful refusal of his [sc. Darnley's] claim of the ‘crown matrimonial’..drove his jealousy to madness. 1933 H. Norris 19th Cent. Costume & Fashion (1998) iii. 77 The beautiful lace veil is surmounted by the crown matrimonial of Great Britain. 2005 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 11 Feb. a12 Prince Philip is referred to as the Royal Consort.., but he does not share what is known as ‘the crown matrimonial’. 3. Inclining towards or having a view to marriage; tending to encourage or predispose to marriage. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > fitness for marriage > [adjective] > inclining or conducive to marrying matrimonial1735 matrimonious1837 1735 J. Swift Death & Daphne in Wks. II. 406 His matrimonial Spirit fled. 1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones IV. xi. iv. 119 She had matrimonial Charms in great Abundance. View more context for this quotation 1763 F. Brooke Hist. Lady Julia Mandeville (ed. 2) II. 45 I begin to think the good old lady has a matrimonial design upon him. 1836 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers (1837) xii. 116 She fancied she observed a species of matrimonial twinkle in the eyes of her lodger. B. n. 1. †a. A marriage; a wedding. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > a marriage > [noun] wedlock1377 matrimonya1402 marriagea1500 matrimoniala1500 a1500 Partenay (Trin. Cambr.) 952 With great ioy made thys matrimonial. b. In plural. Marriage celebrations; nuptials. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > wedding or nuptials > [noun] wifethingeOE bridelopeOE brydthing971 bridelockOE bridalOE noces?c1225 wedlocka1300 spousingc1300 weddingc1300 marriagea1375 espousala1393 sponsalia1535 nuptial1566 espousing1581 nuptial1581 marriage rite1592 nuptiallings1600 Hymen1608 marriage ceremony1616 bridaltya1637 confarreation1645 hymeneals1655 farreation1656 church wedding1852 nuptialities1863 shadi1893 matrimonials1986 1986 Maclean's (Nexis) 8 Sept. 9 This has turned out to be a bust of a summer, what with the Statue of Liberty shindig and the latest royal matrimonials posing as events of substance. 1990 Lewiston Morning Tribune (Nexis) 3 June 1 e The flower shop has also seen an increase in the number of mature matrimonials. 1999 Women's Wear Daily (Nexis) 9 Feb. 6 A couple of heavy-duty matrimonials like the upcoming spring plunge of Cordelia de Castellane and Hubert Lanvine. 2. In plural. Matrimonial matters; matrimonial prospects. rare. ΚΠ 1869 T. W. Robertson School i. 13 No father and no mother, and an heiress. It's a gorgeous thing in matrimonials. 1896 W. S. Gilbert Grand Duke i. 22 Bar. Oh Rudolph, we ought to be very happy! Rud. If I'm not, it'll be my first bad investment. Still, there is such a thing as a slump, even in Matrimonials. 3. In plural. a. U.S. Law. Matrimonial lawsuits; legal practice involving marital or domestic cases. ΚΠ 1970 N.Y. Law Jrnl. 14 Aug. 12/6 (advt.) Matrimonials —— N.Y., B'klyn, S.I. lawyers only. 1980 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 28 June 20/4 Several prestigious matrimonial attorneys licked their chops in anticipation of the fee bonanza ahead as matrimonials assume the character of negligence cases. 1999 Employee Benefits (Nexis) Feb. 40 If an employer is to offer legal services, it may be a good idea to put a cap on costs and/or the categories covered, perhaps limiting them to property buying, wills, matrimonials or minor traffic offences. b. Chiefly Indian English. Advertisements placed in a newspaper with the aim of finding a marriageable partner. ΘΚΠ society > communication > information > publishing or spreading abroad > advertising > advertising in the press > [noun] > types of press advertisement lost1762 lost(s) and founds1777 small advertisement1811 blind advertisement1842 want advertisementa1871 reading notice1872 small ad1875 want ad1892 classified1909 smalls1919 tombstone1948 tele ad1967 matrimonials1989 1989 Los Angeles Times (Nexis) 2 July 10/1 The Hindustan Times was the first newspaper in north India to begin carrying matrimonials in the early 1970s. 1999 Statesman (Calcutta) 10 Feb. (Midweek section) 4/3 When I have a job I'll have to begin a whole new search for my better half... Back to the newspaper matrimonials on Sundays. Compounds C1. matrimonial advertisement n. ΚΠ 1980 Eng. World-wide 1 4 Unmistakable culture-bound specimens like passages from an Onitsha Market novel, or Indian matrimonial advertisements. 1984 H. Hirt Heart of Winter i. 2 His face was..very fair—what the Indian matrimonial advertisements describe as a ‘wheat’ complexion. matrimonial agency n. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > match-making > [noun] > marriage bureau matrimonial agency1860 marriage bureau1942 1860 Vanity Fair (N.Y.) 20 77/2 The advantages to be derived from the Matrimonial Agency brought out by an intelligent and shrewd Yankee. 1895 Bachelor Arts Monthly May 113 There is even danger that soon ‘co-ed’ institutions will degenerate into mere matrimonial agencies. 1967 C. Watson Lonelyheart 4122 v. 46 He has the traditional English middle-class attitude to matrimonial agencies. Terribly infra dig. matrimonial agent n. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > match-making > [noun] > marriage bureau > one who works for matrimonial agent1860 1860 Vanity Fair (N.Y.) 20 77/2 A few years of experience and successful practice as a Matrimonial agent in Paris and London. 1917 N. Douglas South Wind ii. 18 He..resembles a broken-down matrimonial agent. matrimonial broker n. ΚΠ 1869 J. H. Browne Great Metropolis lxix. 588 Matrimonial brokers are of recent origin in New-York. matrimonial brokerage n. ΚΠ 1856 Southern Literary Messenger June 445/2 Is not this matrimonial brokerage quite à la Francaise? 1869 J. H. Browne Great Metropolis lxix. 590 Matrimonial brokerage is merely match-making systematized. matrimonial bureau n. ΚΠ 1877 H. James American iii. 47 ‘She [sc. a wife] is already found. I will bring you together.’ ‘Oh, come,’ said Tristram, ‘we don't keep a matrimonial bureau.’ 1925 E. H. Young William xxxvi. 308 I hope the matrimonial bureau will be a great success. 1994 Scotsman 8 Oct. (Weekend) 11/2 The office, as every staff member knows, is not just a coffee-bar, matrimonial bureau, betting shop, reading room, [etc.]. matrimonial column n. ΚΠ 1987 N. Sibal Yatra 82 All those who advertised in newspaper matrimonial columns wanted, or offered, fair-skinned brides. C2. matrimonial cake n. Canadian a rectangular cake or biscuit with a date filling and a crumble topping. ΚΠ 1944 Canad. Favourites Cook Bk. 192 Matrimonial Cake... Spread one half the crumbs in greased shallow pan about 8 × 14 inches... Cover with cooled date filling. 1996 Spectator (Hamilton, Ont.) 13 Mar. b9 Most people simply call them date squares, but I grew up in Saskatchewan where they were called matrimonial cake. matrimonial proceeding n. (usually in plural) (a) matters or events relating to a marriage or civil partnership (now rare in this sense); (b) Law a proceeding for ending a marriage or civil partnership, and resolving any related matters (now the usual sense). ΚΠ 1835 Caledonian Mercury 18 June Marriage of the Queen of Portugal with the Duke of Nemours. Our Ministers were not unapprized of the matrimonial proceedings which were going on at Lisbon. 1846 Boston Investigator 18 Nov. The New Haven Register contains the following brief record of certain matrimonial proceedings in the Supreme Court of that city at its October term. 1871 in Ordinances enacted 1871 (Ceylon) (1872) 42 All Matrimonial Proceedings shall be charged as in the Fourth Class. 1925 Charleston (W. Va.) Gaz. 23 Aug. ii. 4/7 I should say that the ushers were the luckiest people of these matrimonial proceedings. 1963 Mod. Law Rev. 26 92 In matrimonial proceedings in the magistrates' court the magistrates can make an order against the stepfather. 1981 Guardian 25 Mar. 9/2 The inevitable unhappiness associated with most matrimonial proceedings has..been considerably magnified by the adversarial nature of the court proceedings. 1994 Daily Mail (Nexis) 24 Sept. 13 A wedding day custom as much part of the matrimonial proceedings as confetti and the groom's stag night. 2017 Times of India (Nexis) 20 Feb. This judgement will come as a welcome relief to parties who find that, in anticipation of matrimonial proceedings, their spouse's pension has been transferred overseas. Derivatives matriˈmonialism n. rare the state or condition of being married. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > [noun] > doctrine of excellence of marriage matrimonialism1811 1811 P. B. Shelley Let. 20 June (1964) I. 111 I could adjust the glittering tinsel ornaments of anticipated matrimonialism. matriˈmonialist n. rare a person empowered to celebrate marriages. ΚΠ 1834 Fraser's Mag. 9 385 Some of those..gentlemen who are hoping..to exalt their sons and cousins..into a sort of official dignity, as licensed matrimonialists. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1449
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