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society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > [noun] (73)
bridelockOE

Marriage; the state of wedlock. Also (in Old English in plural): a marriage ceremony, a wedding.

yokeOE

A bond of affinity, partnership, or mutual obligation; a task, duty, undertaking, etc., esp. one shared with another or others.

spousehooda1200

The state or fact of being a spouse, or of being married; matrimony, marriage; wedlock. Also in extended use with reference to animals.

spousea1225

The married state; marriage, wedlock. Cf. spousal, n. 1b. Obsolete (although cf., for example, spousebreach, n.1 1, spouse-breaking, n.).

wedlock?c1225

The condition of being married; marriage as a state of life or as an institution; matrimonial relationship. Now only in literary or legal use.

wedlockhoodc1230

the married state.

marriagec1300

The legally or formally recognized union of two people as partners in a personal relationship (historically and in some jurisdictions specifically…

spousal1340

The fact or state of being married or betrothed; the married state; wedlock. Sometimes in plural in same sense. Obsolete.

matrimonya1382

The state or condition of being married; the relation between married persons.

espousala1393

The fact or state of being married or betrothed; the married state; wedlock; (also) the period during which a person remains married or betrothed…

muliera1400

Probably: wedlock.

spousagea1400

The fact or state of being married; wedlock. Also occasionally figurative, esp. with reference to the idea of symbolic marriage to God or Christ. Cf…

spouseheadc1400

= spousehood, n.

weddedhooda1450

wedded state or condition.

wedhooda1450

The married state.

wedding1489

The action of marrying; marriage, espousal. Chiefly gerundial. †Also, the married state, wedlock, matrimony (obsolete).

espousage1549

= spousage, n.; the state of being married or betrothed.

the bond(s of wedlock or matrimony1552

Senses 6, 7 and 8 seem to be present in the bond(s of wedlockor matrimony.

nuptial1566

A marriage, a wedding; a marriage ceremony. In plural.

bed-match1582

marriage, wedlock.

bob-tail1585

(See quot. 1585) Obsolete.

Hymen's banda1593

In Greek and Roman mythology: The god of marriage, represented as a young man carrying a torch and veil. Hymen's band, etc., marriage, wedlock. Hyme

Hymen1608

Marriage; wedlock; wedding, nuptials. Now rare.

married life1609

the lifestyle or mode of life of a married couple.

conjugality1645

Conjugal state or condition.

marriage state1652

conjugacy1659

Conjugal or married state. Obsolete. rare.

marriage life1662

establishment1684

Settlement in life; formerly often (now rarely) in the sense of marriage.

shackledom1771

The condition of being bound with shackles. (In quot. 1771 = marriage.)

connubiality1836

Connubial state or condition; the practice or right of marrying; (with plural) any action characteristic of the married state.

connubialism1848

the married state.

weddedness1891

= weddedhood n.

bedlock1922

= wedlock, n.

the tender trap1954

the tender trap:(a) sexual or romantic involvement; spec. marriage; cf. the tender passion at sense A. 8a; (b) figurative a seemingly attractive…

Subcategories:

— status as married or single (2)
— union in (12)
— lawful (1)
— conjugal virtues or character (4)
— conjugal relations (9)
— giving advice on problems of (3)
— doctrine of excellence of marriage (1)
— believing in indissolubility of marriage (1)
— false boast of marriage (1)
— hatred of marriage (3)
— absence or non-recognition of marriage (1)
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