"wedlock" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈwɛd.lɒk/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-wedlock.wav [US] Forms: wedlocks [plural]
Rhymes: -ɒk Etymology: From Middle English wedlok, wedlocke (“wedlock, marriage, matrimony”), from Old English wedlāc (“marriage vow, pledge, plighted troth, wedlock”). By surface analysis, wed + -lock. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|wedlok}} Middle English wedlok, {{m|enm|wedlocke|t=wedlock, marriage, matrimony}} wedlocke (“wedlock, marriage, matrimony”), {{inh|en|ang|wedlāc|t=marriage vow, pledge, plighted troth, wedlock}} Old English wedlāc (“marriage vow, pledge, plighted troth, wedlock”), {{surf|en|wed|-lock}} By surface analysis, wed + -lock Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} wedlock (countable and uncountable, plural wedlocks)
  1. The state of being married. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Family, Marriage Synonyms: matrimony, marriage
    Sense id: en-wedlock-en-noun-GlsAmV0j Disambiguation of Family: 100 0 Disambiguation of Marriage: 99 1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -lock Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 97 3 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -lock: 89 11
  2. (obsolete) A wife; a married woman. Tags: countable, obsolete, uncountable
    Sense id: en-wedlock-en-noun-ZsE7EHrE
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: bedlock, break wedlock, out of wedlock Related terms: bridelock

Inflected forms

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