as in marriage
a union representing a special kind of social and legal partnership between two people
we intend to be joined in matrimony until "death do us part"
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Recent Examples of matrimony
Whether adorable, touching, or surprising, these magical moments of matrimony are memories to last a lifetime for the brides and everyone who witnessed them.
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Ronnie Li, USA TODAY, 7 Dec. 2024
They’re showered with gifts — money toward a honeymoon, a good knife set, a hand drill for DIY home projects — to set them up for a successful start to blissful matrimony.
—Whizy Kim, Vox, 9 Oct. 2024
These trends bookend the growing list of traditions surrounding matrimony, filling in the gaps at the other end of the journey and bringing a little bit of the $70 billion wedding industry to the modern divorce.
—Whizy Kim, Vox, 9 Oct. 2024
Christine has taken an ideological stance against the emotional labor and inequity inherent in the system of conventional matrimony!
—Christine Murphy, People.com, 5 Mar. 2025
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Ronnie Li, USA TODAY, 7 Dec. 2024
They’re showered with gifts — money toward a honeymoon, a good knife set, a hand drill for DIY home projects — to set them up for a successful start to blissful matrimony.
—Whizy Kim, Vox, 9 Oct. 2024
These trends bookend the growing list of traditions surrounding matrimony, filling in the gaps at the other end of the journey and bringing a little bit of the $70 billion wedding industry to the modern divorce.
—Whizy Kim, Vox, 9 Oct. 2024
Christine has taken an ideological stance against the emotional labor and inequity inherent in the system of conventional matrimony!
—Christine Murphy, People.com, 5 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for matrimony
marriage
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This is somewhat the case in the U.S.; a 2023 study by the Pew Research Center showed that though husbands and wives earn roughly equally in a growing share of heterosexual marriages, women in these households still spend more time on child care and chores.—
Lily Meyer,
The Atlantic,
23 May 2025
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After his death, no proof of two of the marriages — or his son — could be found.—
Victoria Edel,
People.com,
18 May 2025
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“Matrimony.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/matrimony. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.
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