Wedlock

Origin

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 + -lock.

Full definition of wedlock

Noun

1. The state of being married; matrimony.
2. (obsolete) A wife; a married woman.

Synonyms

• matrimony
• marriage

Derived terms

• out of wedlock