bridelock

noun

bridelock

noun

Etymology From Middle English brudlak, brudlac (“nuptuals”), from Old English brȳdlāc (“bridal, wedded condition, marriage ceremony”). By surface analysis, bride + -lock.

Obsolete Marriage; marriage ceremony; nuptials.

Related terms: wedlock

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