Definitions
the state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for life (or until divorce)
Word origin
From Middle English wedlok, wedlocke (“wedlock, marriage, matrimony”), from Old English wedlāc (“marriage vow, pledge, plighted troth, wedlock”). By surface analysis, wed + -lock.
Used in a sentence
“If I were about to marry, I should try it; that is, if I were a student of girldom with a view to wedlock for in truth, I am a marrying man.”
“Nothing Jesus Christ more quemeth (pleaseth) Than love in wedlock where men it yemeth (keepeth);”
“that lovely payre, / Enlincked fast in wedlockes loyall bond, / Bold Marinell with Florimell the fayre […]”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Marriage bond”7 letters
02“Married state”7 letters
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