| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | mat·ri·mo·ny |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  m t r -m  n |
| NOUN: | Inflected forms: pl. mat·ri·mo·nies
The act or state of being married; marriage. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English, from Old French matrimoine, from Latin m trimnium, from mter, mtr-, mother. See mter- in Appendix I. | | OTHER FORMS: | matri·moni·al —ADJECTIVE
matri·moni·al·ly —ADVERB
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