| Matrimony 1. (n.) The union of man and woman as husband and wife; the nuptial state; marriage; wedlock. 2. (n.) A kind of game at cards played by several persons. Thesaurus Entries a world-without-end bargain, alliance, baptism, bed, bond of matrimony, bridebed, cohabitation, confirmation, conjugal bond, conjugal knot, coverture, extreme unction, holy matrimony, holy orders, holy wedlock, husbandhood, ill-assorted marriage, intermarriage, interracial marriage, marriage, marriage bed, marriage sacrament, match, matrimonial union, mesalliance, misalliance, miscegenation, mixed marriage, nuptial bond, penance, sacrament of matrimony, seven sacraments, spousehood, the Eucharist, union, wedded bliss, wedded state, weddedness, wedding knot, wedlock, wifehood |