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Webster 1913 Edition
Matrimony
Mat′ri-mo-ny
,Noun.
1.
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.)
2.
A kind of game at cards played by several persons.
Matrimony vine
(Bot.)
, a climbing thorny vine (
Lycium barbarum
) of the Potato family. Gray.
Syn. – Marriage; wedlock. See
Marriage
. Webster 1828 Edition
Matrimony
MAT'RIMONY
,Noun.
Marriage; wedlock; the union of man and woman for life; the nuptial state.
If any man know cause why this couple should not be joined in holy matrimony, they are to declare it.