All 5 Uses of
matrimony
in
Anna Karenina
- In all these instances the husband had practically ceded or sold his unfaithful wife, and the very party which, being in fault, had not the right to contract a fresh marriage, had formed counterfeit, pseudo-matrimonial ties with a self-styled husband.†
Part 3
- And, as though answering his thought, the priest said to him: "You are about to enter into holy matrimony, and God may bless you with offspring.†
Part 5
- "A more determined enemy of matrimony than you I never saw," said Sergey Ivanovitch.†
Part 5 *
- "Oh, no, I'm not an enemy of matrimony.†
Part 5
- After the customary questions, whether they desired to enter upon matrimony, and whether they were pledged to anyone else, and their answers, which sounded strange to themselves, a new ceremony began.†
Part 5
Definition:
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(matrimony) the state of being a married