wedlock

«wedlock» in Mova's school dictionary: the state of being married — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (wedlock — no plural)

meaning for a pupil

(formal, old) Wedlock is the state of being married. tree →

sense in the lessons

An old-fashioned, formal word found in old books, history and legal language. «Born out of wedlock» (old, formal) means born to parents who were not married. In everyday life people say «marriage» or «being married».

examples

• They were joined in wedlock at the village church. tree →
• The old story ends with the prince and princess in happy wedlock. tree →
• In the past, being born out of wedlock was thought shameful; today it is ordinary. tree →
• The law book talks about wedlock and property. tree →
• Fifty years of wedlock made them very close. tree →

note

Uncountable; no «a». Very formal and old-fashioned; «marriage» is the normal word. «Out of wedlock» is an old phrase and can sound judging.

In the corpora

• "Born out of wedlock" is the official phrase for born to parents who were not married.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «wedlock» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.