Dictionary entry
Wedlock
Pronunciation: /ˈwɛdlɒk/
Pronunciation
/ˈwɛdlɒk/
Myanmar Meaning
အိမ်ထောင်ပြုပြီးသည့် အခြေအနေ။
Definition
wedlock /'wedlɒk/ n [U] ( fml or law ) ထိမ္းျမားလက္ထပ္ျခင္း။ အိမ္ေထာင္က်ျခင္း။ born in/out of wedlock (ie of parents who are/are not married).
Examples
- ‘Give and take is the key to a successful marriage
- say a Malmesbury couple who have celebrated 50 years of wedlock.’
- ‘Their results provide strong indications that policymakers who are promoting wedlock are indeed serving the public well.’
- ‘They married in 2002
- and their first year of wedlock was documented on a TV show.’
- ‘He told the court that wedlock now was not what it was traditionally.’
- ‘He claims he was forced to resign because he lives with his partner out of wedlock.’
- ‘But illicit cohabitations and love affairs out of wedlock increased significantly.’
- ‘Holidays together ought to be obligatory for couples thinking of wedlock.’
- ‘He was head over heels in love with a German girl by the time he completed medicine and the mutual affection ended in wedlock.’
- ‘People living in the northwest are in poor health
- live out of wedlock and look after sick relatives
- according to the latest census.’
- ‘Opposition to sex out of wedlock as a concept just seems so outdated.’
- ‘He's 22 next month and already they're shoving him up the aisle into wedlock.’
- ‘The couple were joined in wedlock by Fr
- Gerry Chestnutt with the reception held afterwards in the Tower Hotel.’
- ‘The happy couple were joined in wedlock by local priest Fr. Gerry Chestnutt.’
- ‘This story makes reference to the age-old anxiety surrounding the idea of legitimacy and wedlock.’
- ‘Terry Prendergast
- chief executive of Marriage Care
- which counsels couples on coping with the strains of wedlock
- agrees.’
- ‘For
- wedlock these days is determined not by the heart but by one's ‘fortunes’.’
- ‘Living together out of wedlock is more popular among couples today than ever.’
- ‘As in much of Europe
- many young couples in this overwhelmingly Roman Catholic nation tend to live together out of wedlock.’
- ‘In a culture where relationships outside wedlock are frowned upon
- many women are living lives of lonely misery
- she said.’
- ‘He seems inclined to accept the steady
- court-imposed march of gay wedlock.’