take a wife
Enter into matrimony
To take a wife is to marry a woman, phrased from the man's perspective.
The expression is old-fashioned and biblical in tone, suggesting a formal or ceremonial acquisition: Abraham took Sarah to wife.
Modern usage is often ironic or deliberately archaic: Perhaps it's time I took a wife.
- marryUnite in wedlock
- tie the knotGet legally wed
- spouseMarried partner
- better halfEndearing term for partner
- matrimonyLegal union of spouses
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