Wedlock Definition
- spousal relationship
- union
- matrimony
- marriage
- conjugality
- nuptials
- espousal
- connubiality
Other Word Forms of Wedlock
Noun
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Origin of Wedlock
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From Middle English wedlok, wedlocke (“wedlock, marriage, matrimony"), from Old English wedlāc (“marriage vow, pledge, plighted troth, wedlock"), from wedd (“pledge") + -lāc, suffix denoting activity or process, equivalent to wed +"Ž -lock.
From Wiktionary
Middle English wedlocke from Old English wedlāc wedd pledge -lāc n. suff. expressing activity
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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