as in marriage
a union representing a special kind of social and legal partnership between two people
joined the happy couple in holy wedlock
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Recent Examples of wedlock
Greater visibility, including celebrities having children out of wedlock, has also contributed to the shift.
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Chad De Guzman, Time, 20 May 2025
Was the boy born out of wedlock or has Saul simply snapped?
—Josh Weiss, Forbes.com, 15 May 2025
As archbishop of Buenos Aires, Francis in 2012 notably criticized priests who refused to baptize children born out of wedlock.
—Phoebe Natanson, ABC News, 21 Apr. 2025
Nearly two decades prior, Tome gave birth to a stillborn boy out of wedlock.
—H.m.a. Leow, JSTOR Daily, 15 Apr. 2025
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Chad De Guzman, Time, 20 May 2025
Was the boy born out of wedlock or has Saul simply snapped?
—Josh Weiss, Forbes.com, 15 May 2025
As archbishop of Buenos Aires, Francis in 2012 notably criticized priests who refused to baptize children born out of wedlock.
—Phoebe Natanson, ABC News, 21 Apr. 2025
Nearly two decades prior, Tome gave birth to a stillborn boy out of wedlock.
—H.m.a. Leow, JSTOR Daily, 15 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for wedlock
marriage
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Bezos and Sanchez were both married to other spouses, with both marriages ending in 2019.—
Mandy Taheri,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 June 2025
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Danger has performed countless baptisms and helped people celebrate all of life’s milestones from marriages to funerals.—
Lauren Costantino,
Miami Herald,
27 June 2025
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“Wedlock.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wedlock. Accessed 7 Jul. 2025.
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