Wedlock in example sentence

In obedience to this opinion, the fourth finger of the left hand is thought to contain a virtue that belongs to no other branch of that digitated member; and it is ordinarily encircled, during the solemnization of wedlock, with a cincture or ring, as if to chain that affection to the marriage state, which is best secured by the graces of the female character."

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And of course, that's a much better thing to get people for than the things we used to get people for, like having children out of wedlock.

The film also contains the idiotic subplot of Norris and his girlfriend having a child out of wedlock; it's so 1980's.

I saw this movie in its own time period, when having a baby out of wedlock not only ruined your life, but stamped your child as a bastard.

Plot about a female bartender having a baby out of wedlock, and years later giving the young girl over to the child's wealthy father so she'll have a shot at a better life, can't escape tatty, old-fashioned trappings and sentiment.

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