All 7 Uses
matrimony
in
The Pathfinder, by Cooper
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- The Quartermaster, in particular, a middle-aged soldier, who had more than once tried the blessings of matrimony already, but was now a widower, was evidently disposed to increase his intimacy with the Sergeant, though their duties often brought them together; and the youngsters among his messmates did not fail to note that this man of method, who was a Scotsman of the name of Muir, was much more frequent in his visits to the quarters of his subordinate than had formerly been his wont.†
Chpt 10matrimony = marriage
- Our lives have been very different, on the score of matrimony, at least; you must allow that, my old friend.†
Chpt 10 *
- this is a vain world of ours, Lundie, it must be owned; and in nothing vainer than in matrimony.†
Chpt 10
- Every man has his besetting sin, and matrimony, I fear, is mine.†
Chpt 10
- Of females who were officially recognized as belonging to the class of ladies, there were but three in the fort, all of whom were officers' wives; Mabel being strictly, as had been stated by the Quartermaster, the only real candidate for matrimony among her sex.†
Chpt 11
- Well, well, all this seems natural, and according to matrimony.†
Chpt 15
- Circumstances play the devil with matrimony, and I set it down as one that Pathfinder don't know as much as my niece.†
Chpt 24
Definitions:
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(1)
(matrimony) the state of being a married
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)