- wedlock
- noun (U) old use
1 born out of wedlock if a child is born out of wedlock, its parents are not married when it is born2 the state of being married
Longman dictionary of contemporary English. 2004.
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Wedlock — may refer to: * Marriage * Wedlock (album), an album by Sunburned Hand of the Man * Wedlock (film), directed by Lewis Teague * Billy Wedlock, an English footballer * Fred Wedlock, an English folk singer … Wikipedia
Wedlock — Wed lock, n. [AS. wedl[=a]c a pledge, be trothal; wedd a pledge + l[=a]c a gift, an offering. See {Wed}, n., and cf. {Lake}, v. i., {Knowledge}.] [1913 Webster] 1. The ceremony, or the state, of marriage; matrimony. That blissful yoke . . . that… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
wedlock — ► NOUN ▪ the state of being married. ● born in (or out of) wedlock Cf. ↑born out of wedlock ORIGIN Old English, «marriage vow» … English terms dictionary
Wedlock — Wed lock, v. t. To marry; to unite in marriage; to wed. [R.] Man thus wedlocked. Milton. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
wedlock — index cohabitation (married state), matrimony Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
wedlock — O.E. wedlac pledge giving, marriage vow, from wed + lac, noun suffix meaning actions or proceedings, practice, attested in about a dozen O.E. compounds (Cf. feohtlac warfare ), but this is the only surviving example. Suffix altered by folk… … Etymology dictionary
wedlock — *marriage, matrimony, nuptial, espousal, wedding … New Dictionary of Synonyms
wedlock — [n] marriage alliance, association, conjugality, connubiality, coupling, espousal, holy matrimony, mating, matrimony, nuptials, spousal, union, wedded bliss*, wedding; concepts 297,388 … New thesaurus
wedlock — [wed′läk΄] n. [ME wedlok < OE wedlac < wed, a compact, pledge + lac, an offering, gift, akin to ON leikr, play, Goth laiks, a dance < IE base * leig , to leap, hop > Sans rḗjatē, (he) hops] the state of being married; matrimony … English World dictionary
wedlock — n. 1) to join in wedlock 2) out of wedlock (born out of wedlock) * * * [ wedlɒk] to join in wedlock out of wedlock (born out of wedlock) … Combinatory dictionary
Wedlock — Filmdaten Deutscher Titel Wedlock Produktionsland USA … Deutsch Wikipedia
