noun · countable / uncountable · rare

wedlock

wedlock · wedlocks

шлюб, одруження, весілля

брак, супружество, женитьба

Ehe, Heirat, Hochzeit

The state of being marriedThe state of being married.

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/ˈwɛd.lɒk/

» She had sex out of wedlock.

Meaning

2 senses

(countable, uncountable)The state of being married.
the state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for life (or until divorce)
(countable, obsolete, uncountable)A wife; a married woman.

Examples

11 sentences

She had sex out of wedlock.
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He was born out of wedlock.
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Tom was born out of wedlock.
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She was born out of wedlock.
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Because he was unemployed, their wedlock failed.
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Origin

From Middle English wedlok, wedlocke (“wedlock, marriage, matrimony”), from Old English we

From Middle English wedlok, wedlocke (“wedlock, marriage, matrimony”), from Old English wedlāc (“marriage vow, pledge, plighted troth, wedlock”). By surface analysis, wed + -lock.

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