wedlock - Definition from the FAMILY topic - SOCIETY

Topic: FAMILY

Language:	Old English
Origin:	wedlac, from wedd 'something given to show that a promise will be kept' + -lac 'actions, activity'

wedlock
noun

wed‧lock

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[uncountable] old use

1

born out of wedlock

SSC if a child is born out of wedlock, its parents are not married when it is born

2SSF the state of being married

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