2006-06-14 12:20:41 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
It means marriage. So if something is done out of wedlock, it means it was done while you were not married.
You usually hear the term, "Having a baby out of wedlock". This means a single mother/unwed woman is having a baby.
2006-06-14 12:24:20 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Wed is from old English (wedd) and old Scottish (wad) both meaning to pledge. Lock is old English (lac) and means carrying out an action. Therefore, the meaning of wedlock originally meant pledging property to the bride's father as payment for his daughter. Today, wedlock simply means the married state especially in the phrase born in wedlock or born out of wedlock, meaning a legitimate or illegitimate birth.
2006-06-14 19:27:22 · answer #2 · answered by masku darling 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wedlock refers to the contractual agreement that two people enter into when they marry. It is a binding, inclusive agreement between two people, secure and complete in each other, barring others from entering.
2006-06-14 19:30:27 · answer #3 · answered by itsnena 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
being married.
when you have a child out of wedlock you are not married.
2006-06-14 19:24:43 · answer #4 · answered by BeezKneez 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Marriage.
2006-06-14 19:25:35 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
when the ***** has a kid before they get married. thus giving the dude a reason to marry the *****. because he feels sorry and feels like now he has to marry her. wedlock.
2006-06-14 19:24:16 · answer #6 · answered by minus 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The relationship between a husband and wife. Usually used to describe whether a child was born in or out of it.
2006-06-14 19:23:17 · answer #7 · answered by DonSoze 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The state of being married
2006-06-14 19:23:16 · answer #8 · answered by Mantis 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The state of being married; matrimony - this according to www.Dictionary.com - the history of the word etc. also found here
2006-06-14 19:27:32 · answer #9 · answered by Stephanie H 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Being legally married/legal recognition of a union.
2006-06-14 19:23:55 · answer #10 · answered by perfectlybaked 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋