Both Uses of
matrimony
in
Far from the Madding Crowd
- "That means matrimony," said Temperance Miller, following them out of sight with her eyes.†
Chpt 22-24 *
- That she had never, by look, word, or sign, encouraged a man to approach her—that she had felt herself sufficient to herself, and had in the independence of her girlish heart fancied there was a certain degradation in renouncing the simplicity of a maiden existence to become the humbler half of an indifferent matrimonial whole—were facts now bitterly remembered.†
Chpt 40-42
Definition:
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(matrimony) the state of being a married