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out of wedlock



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Idioms and Phrases

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.
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Example Sentences

Women brought the victims to her, babies born out of wedlock, perhaps one too many for a household or the mother too young.

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A small-town kid born out of wedlock, he moved from the rustic countryside of Vinci, 30 miles west of Florence, to the sophisticated city to make his way.

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But he was instead mired in scandal, including mounting debts and lawsuits and backlash from two children born out of wedlock.

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He faced mounting costs for legal fees, spousal support and payments for children he fathered out of wedlock.

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Catherine gave birth in an orphanage in Dublin and, because of attitudes at the time about children born out of wedlock, she was coerced into giving Gladys up for adoption.

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