wedlock

  • 11Wedlock — Filmdaten Deutscher Titel Wedlock Produktionsland USA …

    Deutsch Wikipedia

  • 12wedlock — [[t]we̱dlɒk[/t]] 1) N UNCOUNT Wedlock is the state of being married. [OLD FASHIONED] Syn: marriage 2) PHRASE: PHR after v If a baby is born in wedlock, it is born while its parents are married. If it is born out of wedlock, it is born at a time… …

    English dictionary

  • 13Wedlock — Recorded as Widlake, Wedlock, Wedlake, Woodlock and possibly others, this is an English and also Irish surname. It originates from a pre 7th century personal name Wudlac, translating as play wood , and descends from a Wiltshire landowner called… …

    Surnames reference

  • 14wedlock — wed|lock [ˈwedlɔk US la:k] n [U] old use [: Old English; Origin: wedlac, from wedd something given to show that a promise will be kept + lac actions, activity ] 1.) born out of wedlock if a child is born out of wedlock, its parents are not… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 15wedlock — wed|lock [ wed,lak ] noun uncount OLD FASHIONED the state of being married: in/out of wedlock: He was born out of wedlock (=his parents were not married) …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 16wedlock — noun (U) old use 1 born out of wedlock if a child is born out of wedlock, its parents are not married when it is born 2 the state of being married …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 17wedlock — UK [ˈwedˌlɒk] / US [ˈwedˌlɑk] noun [uncountable] old fashioned the state of being married in/out of wedlock: He was born out of wedlock (= his parents were not married) …

    English dictionary

  • 18wedlock — wed•lock [[t]ˈwɛdˌlɒk[/t]] n. the state of marriage; matrimony: joined in wedlock; born out of wedlock[/ex] • Etymology: bef. 1100; ME wedlok, OE wedlāc lit., a pledging =wed pledge (see wed) + lāc verbal n. suffix …

    From formal English to slang

  • 19wedlock — See: BORN OUT OF WEDLOCK …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 20wedlock — See: BORN OUT OF WEDLOCK …

    Dictionary of American idioms