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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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“Wedlock.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wedlock. Accessed 22 Sep. 2021.
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