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Definition of Matrimonies
1. matrimony [n] - See also: matrimony
Lexicographical Neighbors of Matrimonies
Literary usage of Matrimonies
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Delights of Wisdom Concerning Conjugial Love: After which Follow Pleasures by Emanuel Swedenborg (1833)
"That they are external affections, according to which matrimonies are generally
contracted in the world, n. 274. IV. But that if internal affections, ..."
2. The Paradise Within the Reach of All Men, Without Labour, by Powers of by John Adolphus Etzler (1836)
"All the miseries of matrimonies and prostitutions, are the consequences of poverty
and its appending labour and sufferings, and fear of poverty. ..."
3. Exploration of the Valley of the Amazon: Made Under the Direction of the by William Lewis Herndon, Lardner Gibbon, United States Navy Dept (1854)
"The number of souls in a village, proportionate to the number of matrimonies, or
married couples, is generally estimated at five for one. ..."
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