All 3 Uses
matrimony
in
Tess of the d'Urbervilles
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- Being mentally older than her mother she did not regard Mrs Durbeyfield's matrimonial hopes for her in a serious aspect for a moment.†
Chpt 1 *matrimonial = marriage (or related to marriage)
- On matrimony he had never once said a word.†
Chpt 2matrimony = marriage
- He continued to his wife, with the stolid mien of a man who understood nothing of the emotions relating to matrimony—"Now, Christianer, that shows that folks should never fancy other folks be supposing things when they bain't.†
Chpt 4
Definitions:
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(1)
(matrimony) the state of being a married
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)