01 n. The union of man and woman as husband and wife; the nuptial state; marriage; wedlock.
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The union of man and woman as husband and wife; the nuptial state; marriage; wedlock.“If either of you know any impediment, why ye may not be lawfully joined together in matrimony, ye do now confess it.” — Book of Com. Prayer (Eng. Ed.)
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A kind of game at cards played by several persons.
Phrases & compounds
Matrimony vine —
a climbing thorny vine (Lycium barbarum) of the Potato family.