mat·ri·mo·ny /ˈmætrəˌmoni/
結婚,婚姻生活,婚禮
Mat·ri·mo·ny n.
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.
Syn: -- Marriage; wedlock. See Marriage.
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matrimony
n 1: the state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for
life (or until divorce); "a long and happy marriage";
"God bless this union" [syn: marriage, union, spousal
relationship, wedlock]
2: the ceremony or sacrament of marriage