Wedlock

Noun

 * 1) The state of being married; matrimony.

Synonyms

 * matrimony
 * marriage

Derived terms

 * out of wedlock

Thesaurus
a world-without-end bargain, alliance, bed, bond of matrimony, bridebed, cohabitation, conjugal bond, conjugal knot, coverture, holy matrimony, holy wedlock, husbandhood, ill-assorted marriage, intermarriage, interracial marriage, marriage, marriage bed, marriage sacrament, match, matrimonial union, matrimony, mesalliance, misalliance, miscegenation, mixed marriage, nuptial bond, sacrament of matrimony, spousehood, union, wedded bliss, wedded state, weddedness, wedding knot, wifehood

Etymology
wedlocke: from wedlac: from wedd: + -lac:, suffix denoting activity or process.