Matrimony /(?)/

Mat·ri·mo·ny

Matrimony

n.
  1. The union of man and woman as husband and wife; the nuptial state; marriage; wedlock.
    If either of you know any impediment, why ye may not be lawfully joined together in matrimony, ye do now confess it.
    — Book of Com. Prayer (Eng. Ed.)
  2. A kind of game at cards played by several persons.

Phrases & Compounds

Matrimony vine
a climbing thorny vine (Lycium barbarum) of the Potato family.