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Definition
the state of being a married
- Being mentally older than her mother she did not regard Mrs Durbeyfield's matrimonial hopes for her in a serious aspect for a moment.1 — The Maiden (60% in)
- On matrimony he had never once said a word.2 — Maiden No More (27% in)
- 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.4 — The Consequence (61% in)
There are no more uses of "matrimony" in Tess of the d'Urbervilles.
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