Mat"ri*mo*ny (?), n. [OE.
matrimoine, through Old French, fr. L. matrimonium, fr.
mater mother. See Mother.]
1. The union of man and woman as husband and
wife; the nuptial state; marriage; wedlock.
If either of you know any impediment, why ye may not
be lawfully joined together in matrimony, ye do now confess
it.
Book of Com. Prayer (Eng. Ed. )
2. A kind of game at cards played by several
persons.
Matrimony vine (Bot.), a climbing
thorny vine (Lycium barbarum) of the Potato family.
Gray.
Syn. -- Marriage; wedlock. See Marriage.