Wedlock Definition

wĕdlŏk
noun
The state of being married; matrimony.
Webster's New World
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Singular:
wedlock
Plural:
wedlocks

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Origin of Wedlock

  • 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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