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matrimony

noun as in being joined in marriage

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When we see loving, committed couples joining in matrimony, our natural impulse is to support and encourage that love.

In the movie’s early scenes, she’s a saucy seductress, a good girl who wants to have fun—within the bounds of holy matrimony, of course.

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Billie Holliday was united in matrimony with trombonist Jimmy Monroe in Elkton in 1941 just before they joined Lionel Hampton’s band.

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The self-proclaimed ‘marriage capital of the world’ gets on board with same-sex matrimony.

So who better to join you in holy matrimony and on that trip around the world?

Potential recruits are told their main role in the Islamic revolution will be through matrimony and childbearing, not martyrdom.

She uses the celebrations of holy matrimony as a way to chronicle her own relationships, both romantic and platonic.

Lucy Scholes on what they reveal about matrimony today—and their literary ancestors.

Perhaps you may think such a frame of mind naturally leads a man to the consideration of matrimony.

The danger with long engagements is that they often do not end in matrimony, and in such a case a young girl's future is blighted.

They had entered into matrimony without having had their attention drawn to the ways in which a home can, and should, be managed.

We make the profession of teacher a stop-gap for girls between the normal school and matrimony.

"Because my experience of matrimony has been any thing but pleasant already," responded the orphan.

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On this page you'll find 27 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to matrimony, such as: alliance, bells, marriage, match, nuptials, and union.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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