Wedlock Definition
 wĕdlŏk 
    noun
  
 The state of being married; matrimony.
 Webster's New World 
Synonyms: 
  
- spousal relationship
- union
- matrimony
- marriage
- conjugality
- nuptials
- espousal
- connubiality
Other Word Forms of Wedlock
Noun
Singular:
 wedlockPlural:
 wedlocksIdioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Wedlock
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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