matrimony

noun
/ˈmat.ɹɪ.mə.ni/UK/ˈmæt.ɹɪˌmoʊ.ni/US

Etymology

From Old French matremoine, from Latin mātrimōnium (“marriage, wedlock”), from mātri(s) (“mother”) + -mōnium (“obligation”). By surface analysis, matri- + -mony. Compare patrimony.

  1. derived from mātrimōnium — “marriage, wedlock
  2. derived from matremoine

Definitions

  1. Marriage

    Marriage; the state of being married.

    • If either of you know any impediment, why ye may not be lawfully joined together in matrimony, ye do now confess it.
    • […]you can play around with girls without being involved in meshes of sentiment, and you can do anything and be justified—and here am I with the brains to do everything, yet tied to the sinking ship of future matrimony.
  2. The ceremony of marriage.

  3. A particular solitaire card game using two decks of cards.

  4. + 1 more definition
    1. A spouse.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at matrimony. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01matrimony02married03marriage04wedding05wed

A definitional loop anchored at matrimony. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

5 hops · closes at matrimony

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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