wedlock

Related to wedlock: child born out of wedlock

born out of wedlock

Born to parents who were not married. ("Wedlock" is another term for matrimony.) His parents eventually married, but that boy was born out of wedlock.
See also: born, of, out, wedlock

out(side) of wedlock

Without being married to the other person in question. I know my grandparents raised their eyebrows when my girlfriend and I had our son out of wedlock, but they've never been rude about it. Back in my day, it was pretty unheard of to even live with someone outside of wedlock.
See also: of, wedlock
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

born out of wedlock

born to an unmarried mother. The child was born out of wedlock. In the city many children are born out of wedlock.
See also: born, of, out, wedlock
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

out of wedlock

Of parents not legally married, as in Over the centuries many royal children were born out of wedlock. The noun wedlock, for the state of being married, is rarely heard today except in this phrase, first recorded in 1675; its converse, in wedlock, dates from the 1300s and is even more rarely used.
See also: of, out, wedlock
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.

out of wedlock

Of parents not legally married to each other: born out of wedlock.
See also: of, out, wedlock
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
See also:
  • born out of wedlock
  • wrong side of the blanket
  • wrong side of the blanket, born on the
  • born on the wrong side of the blanket
  • woods colt
  • parentally challenged
  • be born that way
  • be/be born/be made that way
  • born and bred
  • bred
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