MAT'RIMONY, noun [Latin matrimonium, from mater, mother.] Marriage; wedlock; the union of man and woman for life; the nuptial state. If any man know cause why this couple should not be joined in holy matrimony they are to declare it. MATRIX. [See Matrice.]
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