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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Their son, Monty, was born in 2017, with each having one child from their previous marriages.—
Luke Smith,
New York Times,
11 July 2025
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Off-screen, many of them have been in marriages for almost the same amount of time.—
Jacqueline Weiss,
People.com,
9 July 2025
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“Wedlock.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wedlock. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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