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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
wedlock/ˈwedlɒk/

▶noun the state of being married.

– phrases
born in (or out of) wedlock born of married (or unmarried) parents.

– origin OE wedlāc ‘marriage vow’, from wed ‘pledge’ + the suffix -lāc (denoting action).

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