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wedlock

wed.lock \'wed-.la:k\ n [ME wedlok, fr. OE wedla-c marriage bond, fr. wedd 
   pledge]+ -la-c, suffix denoting activity : the state of being married : 
   MARRIAGE, MATRIMONY  : with the natural parents not legally married to each 
   other  - out of wedlock