Associations to the word «Wedlock»

Wiktionary

WEDLOCK, noun. The state of being married; matrimony.
WEDLOCK, noun. (obsolete) A wife; a married woman.

Dictionary definition

WEDLOCK, noun. The state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for life (or until divorce); "a long and happy marriage"; "God bless this union".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats