Definition of wedlock
Etymology
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.
Noun
wedlock (countable and uncountable; plural wedlocks)
- The state of being married; matrimony.
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