holy matrimony
Church wedding vow
Holy matrimony is marriage, especially as a religious sacrament or sacred institution.
The phrase appears most often in Christian wedding ceremonies: Dearly beloved, we are gathered here to join this man and this woman in holy matrimony.
Outside formal religious contexts, the phrase tends toward irony or humor: So you're finally taking the plunge into holy matrimony.
- weddingMarriage rite and feast
- wedding dayDay of marriage
- wedding ceremonyRitual joining two spouses
- church weddingMarriage ceremony in religious building
- sacramentSacred ritual conveying grace
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- weddingwedding, wedding ring, wedding ceremony, wedding rings, bride and groom
- marriagebride, groom, wedding, husband, wife
- church weddingbride, groom, wedding march, wedding rings, bridal gown
- marriage termswedding, husband, wife, bride, groom
- Biblical Marriagebride, husband and wife, bridegroom, groom, wives
- sacramentsbaptism, christening, confirmation, communion, last rites
holy matrimonycivil marriage
Government-sanctioned spousal union
civil union · civil partnership · secular marriage · courthouse wedding · common-law marriage
holy matrimonydivorce
Legal end of matrimony
singlehood · annulment · bachelorhood · spinsterhood · separation
holy matrimonyliving in sin
Unmarried romantic cohabitation
fornication · adultery · cohabitation · shacking up · illicit affair
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