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matrimony

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matrimony
a. a card game in which the king and queen together are a winning combination
b. such a combination


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Women with child should also take care that their diet is not too sparing, and that they use sufficient exercise; which it will be easy for the legislator to effect if he commands them once every day to repair to the worship of the gods who are supposed to preside over matrimony.
A Treatise on Government by Aristotle View in context
Mainwaring is more devoted to me than ever; and were we at liberty, I doubt if I could resist even matrimony offered by HIM.
Lady Susan by Austen, Jane View in context
To proceed; you must know that though the uncle put before his niece and described to her the qualities of each one in particular of the many who had asked her in marriage, begging her to marry and make a choice according to her own taste, she never gave any other answer than that she had no desire to marry just yet, and that being so young she did not think herself fit to bear the burden of matrimony.
Don Quixote by Cervantes, Miguel View in context
 
 
 
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