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matrimony

[ma-truh-moh-nee] / ˈmæ trəˌmoʊ ni /


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You marry a person who love-bombed you into matrimony but turned out to be a bad actor?

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 26, 2026

As Marty and I became parents and navigated adulthood together, my resistance to matrimony started to feel like an outdated quirk.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 22, 2025

Rabbi Joshua Skoff announced the winner in the anniversary derby, a couple celebrating 55 years of matrimony.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2025

July 1, 2015 The Episcopal Church permits any couple the rite of matrimony.

From Seattle Times ● May 5, 2024

But it turns out Axelroot could collect medals galore in the department of avoiding holy matrimony.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver

I have heard of him; he has a mighty stroke at matrimonies, and mumbles them over as fast, as if he were teaching us to forget them all the while.

From The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 04 by Sir Walter Scott


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