matrimony

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun the state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for life (or until divorce)
  2. noun the ceremony or sacrament of marriage

Etymology

From Old French matremoine, from Latin mātrimōnium (“marriage, wedlock”), from mātri(s) (“mother”) + -mōnium (“obligation”). By surface analysis, matri- + -mony. Compare patrimony.

In classic literature

Synonyms

marriage, union, spousal relationship, wedlock

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