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wedlock
wedlock [ wéd lok ]


noun 
Definition:
 
married state: the state of being married
[12th century. < wedlac 'action of pledging' < wed 'pledge', after lock1]

born or conceived out of wedlock born to or conceived by parents who are not married (formal)
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