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

  1. ‘Give and take is the key to a successful marriage
  2. say a Malmesbury couple who have celebrated 50 years of wedlock.’
  3. ‘Their results provide strong indications that policymakers who are promoting wedlock are indeed serving the public well.’
  4. ‘They married in 2002
  5. and their first year of wedlock was documented on a TV show.’
  6. ‘He told the court that wedlock now was not what it was traditionally.’
  7. ‘He claims he was forced to resign because he lives with his partner out of wedlock.’
  8. ‘But illicit cohabitations and love affairs out of wedlock increased significantly.’
  9. ‘Holidays together ought to be obligatory for couples thinking of wedlock.’
  10. ‘He was head over heels in love with a German girl by the time he completed medicine and the mutual affection ended in wedlock.’
  11. ‘People living in the northwest are in poor health
  12. live out of wedlock and look after sick relatives
  13. according to the latest census.’
  14. ‘Opposition to sex out of wedlock as a concept just seems so outdated.’
  15. ‘He's 22 next month and already they're shoving him up the aisle into wedlock.’
  16. ‘The couple were joined in wedlock by Fr
  17. Gerry Chestnutt with the reception held afterwards in the Tower Hotel.’
  18. ‘The happy couple were joined in wedlock by local priest Fr. Gerry Chestnutt.’
  19. ‘This story makes reference to the age-old anxiety surrounding the idea of legitimacy and wedlock.’
  20. ‘Terry Prendergast
  21. chief executive of Marriage Care
  22. which counsels couples on coping with the strains of wedlock
  23. agrees.’
  24. ‘For
  25. wedlock these days is determined not by the heart but by one's ‘fortunes’.’
  26. ‘Living together out of wedlock is more popular among couples today than ever.’
  27. ‘As in much of Europe
  28. many young couples in this overwhelmingly Roman Catholic nation tend to live together out of wedlock.’
  29. ‘In a culture where relationships outside wedlock are frowned upon
  30. many women are living lives of lonely misery
  31. she said.’
  32. ‘He seems inclined to accept the steady
  33. court-imposed march of gay wedlock.’