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vinculum matrimonii

American  
[wing-koo-loom mah-tri-moh-ni-ee, ving-kyuh-luhm ma-tri-moh-nee-ahy] / ˈwɪŋ kʊˌlʊm ˌmɑ trɪˈmoʊ nɪˌi, ˈvɪŋ kyə ləm ˌmæ trɪˈmoʊ niˌaɪ /

noun

Latin.

  1. the bond of matrimony.

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This quotation, it must be added, has nothing to do with what the Canonists, borrowing the technical term for a prisoner's shackles, suggestively termed the vinculum matrimonii; it was written many years ago concerning the galleys of the old French convict system.

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