Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for MAT-RI-MO'NI-AL
MA-TRIC-U-LA'TIONMAT-RI-MO'NI-AL-LY
MAT-RI-MO'NI-AL, a. [It. matrimoniale. See Matrimony.]
- Pertaining to marriage; connubial; nuptial; hymeneal; as, matrimonial rights or duties.
- Derived from marriage. If he relied on that title, he could be but a king at curtsey; and have rather a matrimonial, than a regal power. Bacon.
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