wedlock /ˈwɛd.lɒk/noun 2forms 1phrases 1 noun2 •The state of being married.If I were about to marry, I should try it; that is, if I were a student of girldom with a view to wedlock for in truth, I am a marrying man. — 1871 •(no longer used) A wife; a married woman.that lovely payre, / Enlincked fast in wedlockes loyall bond, / Bold Marinell with Florimell the fayre […] — 1596 formswedlocks Phrases with wedlock out of wedlockOf parents not legally married.
