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out of wedlock
wed·lock W0077900 (wĕd′lŏk′)n. The state of being married; matrimony.Idiom: out of wedlock Of parents not legally married to each other: born out of wedlock.
[Middle English wedlocke, from Old English wedlāc : wedd, pledge + -lāc, n. suff. expressing activity.]Thesaurus| Adv. | 1. | out of wedlock - of biological parents not married to each other; "this child was born illegitimately"illegitimately | | 2. | out of wedlock - of unwed parents; "he was born out of wedlock"outside marriage |
out of wedlock
out(side) of wedlockWithout being married to the other person in question. I know my grandparents raised their eyebrows when my girlfriend and I had our son out of wedlock, but they've never been rude about it. Back in my day, it was pretty unheard of to even live with someone outside of wedlock.See also: of, wedlockout of wedlockOf parents not legally married, as in Over the centuries many royal children were born out of wedlock. The noun wedlock, for the state of being married, is rarely heard today except in this phrase, first recorded in 1675; its converse, in wedlock, dates from the 1300s and is even more rarely used. See also: of, out, wedlock out of wedlock Of parents not legally married to each other: born out of wedlock.See also: of, out, wedlockEncyclopediaSeeillegitimacyMedicalSeewedlockAcronymsSeeOOWout of wedlock
Synonyms for out of wedlockadv of biological parents not married to each otherSynonymsadv of unwed parentsSynonyms |