matrimony

(măt'rə-mō'nē)
n., pl., -nies.
The act or state of being married; marriage.

[Middle English, from Old French matrimoine, from Latin mātrimōnium, from māter, mātr-, mother.]

matrimonial mat'ri·mo'ni·al adj.
matrimonially mat'ri·mo'ni·al·ly adv.

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noun

The state of being united as husband and wife: conjugality, connubiality, marriage, wedlock. See marriage/unmarried.

n

Definition: state of being joined in marriage
Antonyms: divorce

IN BRIEF: The condition of being married.

Some people choose to enter the state of matrimony while others do not.

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matrimonial
noun   an advert placed in a newspaper, magazine, on the internet, etc by a person searching for a marriage partner for himself or herself, or on behalf of someone else, esp one of his or her children

'homely' means traditional, not 'ugly' as in the American sense of the word. (When I first read the matrimonials, I never understood why parents would advertise how ugly their children were) (www.vij.com)

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For a list of words related to matrimony, see:

• Marriage and Divorce - matrimony: marriage; rite, ceremony, or sacrament of marriage
• Practice and Doctrine - matrimony: Christian sacrament of marriage before God

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - vielse, ægtestand, ægteskab

Nederlands (Dutch)
huwelijk, kaartspel, combinatie heer en dame in kaartspelen

Français (French)
n. - mariage

Deutsch (German)
n. - Ehe, Ehestand

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - κοινωνία γάμου, έγγαμος βίος

Italiano (Italian)
matrimonio

Português (Portuguese)
n. - matrimônio (m)

Русский (Russian)
супружество, марьяж (карточный термин)

Español (Spanish)
n. - matrimonio, vida conyugal

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - äktenskap (et), giftermål, bondtolva (spel.)

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
婚姻, 婚姻生活, 夫妇关系

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 婚姻, 婚姻生活, 夫婦關係

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 혼사, 결혼생활

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 結婚, 夫婦関係

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) زواج‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮נישואים‬

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