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noun the state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for life (or until divorce)
noun the ceremony or sacrament of marriage
originFrom Old French matremoine, from Latin mātrimōnium (“marriage, wedlock”), from mātri(s) (“mother”) + -mōnium (“obligation”). By surface analysis, matri- + -mony. Compare patrimony.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0