noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
holy
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At its strongest, sexuality within holy matrimony was only justified as a necessary part of reproduction.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
be joined in marriage/holy matrimony
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a couple bound in the state of holy matrimony
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the institution of matrimony
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Anyway, matrimony carried an added bonus: travel benefits.
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As for matrimony , Negro marriages were seldom allowed under Southern slavery, and Unmarried motherhood was the imposed and accepted code.
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At its strongest, sexuality within holy matrimony was only justified as a necessary part of reproduction.
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But of course, you aren't out to trap me into matrimony , so it is easier for you to be frank.
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Fifteen years after the broken engagement, her attraction to Eddie was muddled neither by youth nor by the threat of matrimony .
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His Aunt Deborah was fun, too: her attempts and failures at matrimony were a long-running serial story, presented comically.
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So much that you would continue on with your matrimony just for their sake.
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Your father sloughed off the coils of matrimony soon enough and replaced them with the coils of conspiracy.