Definition of wedlock

"wedlock" in the noun sense

1. marriage, matrimony, union, spousal relationship, wedlock

the state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for life (or until divorce

"a long and happy marriage"

"God bless this union"

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Quotations for wedlock

Wedlock is a padlock. [ Proverb ]

A world - without - end bargain. [ Shakespeare ]

Age and wedlock tame man and beast. [ Proverb ]

The band of conjugal love is adamantine. [ Robert Burton ]

Wedlock's a lane where there is no turning. [ Miss Mulock ]

Men dream in courtship, but in wedlock wake! [ Pope ]

Marriage with peace is the world's paradise. [ St. Augustine ]

Age and wedlock we all desire, and repent of. [ Proverb ]

Age and wedlock bring a man to his night-cap. [ Proverb ]

They dream in courtship, but in wedlock wake. [ Pope ]

Conjugal love is the metempsychosis of woman. [ Mme. de Salm ]

Wedlock joins nothing, if it joins not hearts. [ Sheridan Knowles ]

Humble wedlock is far better than proud virginity. [ St. Augustine ]

Mutual complacency is the atmosphere of conjugal love. [ Dr. Johnson ]

As soon as a woman becomes ours, we are no longer theirs. [ Montaigne ]

A husband is a plaster that cures all the ills of girlhood. [ Moliere ]

If she be not honest, chaste, and true, there's no man happy. [ William Shakespeare ]

For any man to match above his rank is but to sell his liberty. [ Massinger ]

A man finds himself seven years older the day after his marriage. [ Bacon ]

Hail, wedded love, mysterious law, true source of human offspring! [ Milton ]

We must be careful that the bond of wedlock does not become bondage. [ Mrs. Jameson ]

Marriage is not, like the hill of Olympus, wholly clear, without clouds. [ Thomas Fuller ]

It destroys one's nerves to be amiable every day to the same human being. [ Beaconsfield ]

Since all the maids are good and lovable, from whence come the evil wives? [ Lamb ]

The very difference of character in marriage produces a harmonious combination. [ Washington Irving ]

Body and soul like peevish man and wife, united jar, and yet are loath to part. [ Young ]

The bitterest satires and noblest eulogies in married life have come from poets. [ Whipple ]

When a man and woman are married, their romance ceases and their history commences. [ Rochebrune ]

There are few husbands whom the I wife cannot win in the long run, by patience and love. [ Marguerite de Valois ]

There is a French saying: Love is the dawn of marriage, and marriage is the sunset of love. [ De Finod ]

A happy marriage is a new beginning of life, a new starting-point for happiness and usefulness. [ Dean Stanley ]

It is a mistake to consider marriage merely a scheme of happiness; it is also a bond of service. [ Chapin ]

If you will learn the seriousness of life, and its beauty also, live for your husband; make him happy. [ Fredrika Bremer ]

In perfect wedlock, the man, I should say, is the head, but the woman the heart, with which he cannot dispense. [ Rückert ]

The treasures of the deep are not so precious as are the concealed comforts of a man locked up in woman's love. [ Middleton ]

The happiness of married life depends upon the power of making small sacrifices with readiness and cheerfulness. [ Selden ]

The character of a woman rapidly develops after marriage, and sometimes seems to change, when in fact it is only complete. [ Beaconsfield ]

To nil married men be this caution, which they should duly tender as their life: Neither to doat too much, nor doubt a wife. [ Massinger ]

They that marry ancient people merely in expectation to bury them, hang themselves in hopes that some one will come and cut the halter. [ Thomas Fuller ]

I believe it will be found that those who marry late are best pleased with their children; and those who marry early, with their partners. [ Dr. Johnson ]

However old a conjugal union, it still garners some sweetness. Winter has some cloudless days, and under the snow some flowers still bloom. [ Mme. de Stael ]

Husband and wife, - so much in common, how different in type! Such a contrast, and yet such harmony, strength and weakness blended together! [ Ruffini ]

It was in his own home that Fielding knew and loved her (Amelia); from his own wife that he drew the most charming character in English fiction. [ Thackeray ]

Men who marry wives very much superior to themselves are not so truly husbands to their wives as they are unawares made slaves to their position. [ Plutarch ]

To protect ourselves against the storms of passion, marriage with a good woman is a harbor in the tempest; but with a bad woman it is a tempest in the harbor. [ J. Petit-Senn ]

The land of marriage has this peculiarity: that strangers are desirous of inhabiting it, while its natural inhabitants would willingly be banished from thence. [ Montaigne ]

The early months of marriage often are times of critical tumult, - whether that of a shrimp pool or of deeper water, - which afterwards subside into cheerful peace. [ George Eliot ]

She is not a brilliant woman; she is not even an intellectual one; but there is such a thing as a genius for affection, and she has it. It has been good for her husband that he married her. [ Helen Hunt ]

Husband and wife have so many interests in common that when they have jogged through the ups and downs of life a sufficient time, the leash which at first galled often grows easy and familiar. [ Edward Bulwer-Lytton ]

Socrates, who is by all accounts the undoubted head of the sect of the hen-pecked, owed, and acknowledged that he owed a great part of his virtue to the exercise his useful wife constantly gave him. [ Steele ]

Rarest of all things on earth is the union in which both, by their contrasts, make harmonious their blending; each supplying the defects of the helpmate, and completing, by fusion, one strong human soul. [ Edward Bulwer-Lytton ]

If a superior woman marry a vulgar or inferior man, he makes her miserable, but seldom governs her mind or vulgarizes her nature; and if there be love on his side, the chances are that in the end she will elevate and refine him. [ Mrs. Jameson ]

He said - and his observation was just - that a man on whom heaven hath bestowed a beautiful wife should be as cautious of the men he brings home to his house as careful of observing the female friends with whom his spouse converses abroad. [ Cervantes ]

Hate is of all things the mightiest divider, nay, is division itself. To couple hatred, therefore, though wedlock try all her golden links, and borrow to her aid all the iron manacles and fetters of law, it does but seek to twist a rope of sand. [ Milton ]

No unity can last, in married life, unless the fellowship of hearts is accompanied by the fellowship of minds. As a woman loses the charms of her youth, her husband must perceive that her mind is developing, and love must be perpetuated by esteem. [ Dupanloup ]

If the man be really the weaker vessel, and the rule is necessarily in the Wife's hands, how is it then to be? To tell the truth, I believe that the really loving, good wife never finds it out. She keeps the glamor of love and loyalty between herself and her husband, and so infuses herself into him that the weakness never becomes apparent either to her or to him or to most lookers-on. [ Charlotte M. Yonge ]

wedlock in Scrabble®

The word wedlock is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 17

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters wedlock:

WEDLOCK
(118 = 68 + 50)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (1 word)

wedlock

 

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word wedlock

WEDLOCK
(118 = 68 + 50)
WEDLOCK
(116 = 66 + 50)
WEDLOCK
(113 = 63 + 50)
WEDLOCK
(110 = 60 + 50)
WEDLOCK
(107 = 57 + 50)
WEDLOCK
(104 = 54 + 50)
WEDLOCK
(104 = 54 + 50)
WEDLOCK
(104 = 54 + 50)
WEDLOCK
(104 = 54 + 50)
WEDLOCK
(101 = 51 + 50)
WEDLOCK
(96 = 46 + 50)
WEDLOCK
(96 = 46 + 50)
WEDLOCK
(96 = 46 + 50)
WEDLOCK
(94 = 44 + 50)
WEDLOCK
(94 = 44 + 50)
WEDLOCK
(92 = 42 + 50)
WEDLOCK
(92 = 42 + 50)
WEDLOCK
(92 = 42 + 50)
WEDLOCK
(90 = 40 + 50)
WEDLOCK
(88 = 38 + 50)
WEDLOCK
(88 = 38 + 50)
WEDLOCK
(88 = 38 + 50)
WEDLOCK
(86 = 36 + 50)
WEDLOCK
(86 = 36 + 50)
WEDLOCK
(84 = 34 + 50)
WEDLOCK
(84 = 34 + 50)
WEDLOCK
(84 = 34 + 50)
WEDLOCK
(84 = 34 + 50)
WEDLOCK
(84 = 34 + 50)
WEDLOCK
(81 = 31 + 50)
WEDLOCK
(78 = 28 + 50)
WEDLOCK
(77 = 27 + 50)
WEDLOCK
(77 = 27 + 50)
WEDLOCK
(75 = 25 + 50)
WEDLOCK
(74 = 24 + 50)
WEDLOCK
(72 = 22 + 50)
WEDLOCK
(71 = 21 + 50)
WEDLOCK
(71 = 21 + 50)
WEDLOCK
(70 = 20 + 50)
WEDLOCK
(69 = 19 + 50)
WEDLOCK
(69 = 19 + 50)
WEDLOCK
(68 = 18 + 50)

The 200 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In wedlock

WEDLOCK
(118 = 68 + 50)
WEDLOCK
(116 = 66 + 50)
WEDLOCK
(113 = 63 + 50)
WEDLOCK
(110 = 60 + 50)
WEDLOCK
(107 = 57 + 50)
WEDLOCK
(104 = 54 + 50)
WEDLOCK
(104 = 54 + 50)
WEDLOCK
(104 = 54 + 50)
WEDLOCK
(104 = 54 + 50)
WEDLOCK
(101 = 51 + 50)
WEDLOCK
(96 = 46 + 50)
WEDLOCK
(96 = 46 + 50)
WEDLOCK
(96 = 46 + 50)
WEDLOCK
(94 = 44 + 50)
WEDLOCK
(94 = 44 + 50)
WEDLOCK
(92 = 42 + 50)
WEDLOCK
(92 = 42 + 50)
WEDLOCK
(92 = 42 + 50)
WEDLOCK
(90 = 40 + 50)
WEDLOCK
(88 = 38 + 50)
WEDLOCK
(88 = 38 + 50)
WEDLOCK
(88 = 38 + 50)
WEDLOCK
(86 = 36 + 50)
WEDLOCK
(86 = 36 + 50)
WEDLOCK
(84 = 34 + 50)
WEDLOCK
(84 = 34 + 50)
WEDLOCK
(84 = 34 + 50)
WEDLOCK
(84 = 34 + 50)
WEDLOCK
(84 = 34 + 50)
WEDLOCK
(81 = 31 + 50)
WEDLOCK
(78 = 28 + 50)
WEDLOCK
(77 = 27 + 50)
WEDLOCK
(77 = 27 + 50)
WEDLOCK
(75 = 25 + 50)
WEDLOCK
(74 = 24 + 50)
WEDLOCK
(72 = 22 + 50)
WEDLOCK
(71 = 21 + 50)
WEDLOCK
(71 = 21 + 50)
WEDLOCK
(70 = 20 + 50)
WEDLOCK
(69 = 19 + 50)
WEDLOCK
(69 = 19 + 50)
WEDLOCK
(68 = 18 + 50)
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LOCK
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wedlock in Words With Friends™

The word wedlock is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 19

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays In The Letters wedlock:

WEDLOCK
(128 = 93 + 35)
WEDLOCK
(128 = 93 + 35)
WEDLOCK
(128 = 93 + 35)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (1 word)

wedlock

 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word wedlock

WEDLOCK
(128 = 93 + 35)
WEDLOCK
(128 = 93 + 35)
WEDLOCK
(128 = 93 + 35)
WEDLOCK
(122 = 87 + 35)
WEDLOCK
(116 = 81 + 35)
WEDLOCK
(116 = 81 + 35)
WEDLOCK
(111 = 76 + 35)
WEDLOCK
(111 = 76 + 35)
WEDLOCK
(111 = 76 + 35)
WEDLOCK
(110 = 75 + 35)
WEDLOCK
(104 = 69 + 35)
WEDLOCK
(104 = 69 + 35)
WEDLOCK
(98 = 63 + 35)
WEDLOCK
(93 = 58 + 35)
WEDLOCK
(89 = 54 + 35)
WEDLOCK
(89 = 54 + 35)
WEDLOCK
(83 = 48 + 35)
WEDLOCK
(81 = 46 + 35)
WEDLOCK
(81 = 46 + 35)
WEDLOCK
(81 = 46 + 35)
WEDLOCK
(77 = 42 + 35)
WEDLOCK
(77 = 42 + 35)
WEDLOCK
(77 = 42 + 35)
WEDLOCK
(75 = 40 + 35)
WEDLOCK
(75 = 40 + 35)
WEDLOCK
(73 = 38 + 35)
WEDLOCK
(73 = 38 + 35)
WEDLOCK
(73 = 38 + 35)
WEDLOCK
(73 = 38 + 35)
WEDLOCK
(73 = 38 + 35)
WEDLOCK
(73 = 38 + 35)
WEDLOCK
(73 = 38 + 35)
WEDLOCK
(68 = 33 + 35)
WEDLOCK
(66 = 31 + 35)
WEDLOCK
(65 = 30 + 35)
WEDLOCK
(64 = 29 + 35)
WEDLOCK
(64 = 29 + 35)
WEDLOCK
(64 = 29 + 35)
WEDLOCK
(63 = 28 + 35)
WEDLOCK
(63 = 28 + 35)
WEDLOCK
(61 = 26 + 35)
WEDLOCK
(61 = 26 + 35)
WEDLOCK
(60 = 25 + 35)
WEDLOCK
(60 = 25 + 35)
WEDLOCK
(60 = 25 + 35)
WEDLOCK
(60 = 25 + 35)
WEDLOCK
(59 = 24 + 35)
WEDLOCK
(59 = 24 + 35)
WEDLOCK
(58 = 23 + 35)
WEDLOCK
(58 = 23 + 35)
WEDLOCK
(57 = 22 + 35)
WEDLOCK
(57 = 22 + 35)
WEDLOCK
(56 = 21 + 35)
WEDLOCK
(56 = 21 + 35)
WEDLOCK
(56 = 21 + 35)
WEDLOCK
(55 = 20 + 35)
WEDLOCK
(55 = 20 + 35)
WEDLOCK
(54 = 19 + 35)

The 200 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In wedlock

WEDLOCK
(128 = 93 + 35)
WEDLOCK
(128 = 93 + 35)
WEDLOCK
(128 = 93 + 35)
WEDLOCK
(122 = 87 + 35)
WEDLOCK
(116 = 81 + 35)
WEDLOCK
(116 = 81 + 35)
WEDLOCK
(111 = 76 + 35)
WEDLOCK
(111 = 76 + 35)
WEDLOCK
(111 = 76 + 35)
WEDLOCK
(110 = 75 + 35)
WEDLOCK
(104 = 69 + 35)
WEDLOCK
(104 = 69 + 35)
WEDLOCK
(98 = 63 + 35)
WEDLOCK
(93 = 58 + 35)
WEDLOCK
(89 = 54 + 35)
WEDLOCK
(89 = 54 + 35)
LOCKED
(87)
WEDLOCK
(83 = 48 + 35)
LOCKED
(81)
WEDLOCK
(81 = 46 + 35)
WEDLOCK
(81 = 46 + 35)
WEDLOCK
(81 = 46 + 35)
WEDLOCK
(77 = 42 + 35)
WEDLOCK
(77 = 42 + 35)
WEDLOCK
(77 = 42 + 35)
LOCKED
(75)
WEDLOCK
(75 = 40 + 35)
WEDLOCK
(75 = 40 + 35)
WEDLOCK
(73 = 38 + 35)
WEDLOCK
(73 = 38 + 35)
WEDLOCK
(73 = 38 + 35)
WEDLOCK
(73 = 38 + 35)
WEDLOCK
(73 = 38 + 35)
WEDLOCK
(73 = 38 + 35)
WEDLOCK
(73 = 38 + 35)
LOCKED
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WEDLOCK
(68 = 33 + 35)
LOCK
(66)
WEDLOCK
(66 = 31 + 35)
DECK
(66)
DOCK
(66)
WEDLOCK
(65 = 30 + 35)
WEDLOCK
(64 = 29 + 35)
WEDLOCK
(64 = 29 + 35)
WEDLOCK
(64 = 29 + 35)
WEDLOCK
(63 = 28 + 35)
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WEDLOCK
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WEDLOCK
(61 = 26 + 35)
WEDLOCK
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WEDLOCK
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LOCKED
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WEDLOCK
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WEDLOCK
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WEDLOCK
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WEDLOCK
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Words within the letters of wedlock

2 letter words in wedlock (4 words)

3 letter words in wedlock (15 words)

4 letter words in wedlock (15 words)

5 letter words in wedlock (3 words)

6 letter words in wedlock (1 word)

7 letter words in wedlock (1 word)

wedlock + 1 blank (1 word)

wedlock + 2 blanks (1 word)

Words containing the sequence wedlock

Words that start with wedlock (2 words)

Words with wedlock in them (1 word)

Words that end with wedlock (1 word)

Word Growth involving wedlock

Shorter words in wedlock

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we wed

Longer words containing wedlock

wedlocks