matrimonial (matrimonial)

[=F. matri monial = Sp. Pg. matrimonial = It. matrimoni ale, The main article in matrimonial alliances. 2. Derived from marriage. If he [Henry VII.] relied upon that title, he could be but a king at courtesy, and have rather a matrimonial than a regal power. Bacon, Hist. Hen. VII. Crown matrimonial, in Scot . hist ., the right to a share in the sovereignty conferred on the husband of a reigning queen. The extent of this conce ion appears never to have been precisely defined; but the common belief is that it implied a complete partnership in the crown, with remainder to the survivor and his or her heirs. It was granted, with important reservations, on the occasion of the first marriage of Mary Queen of Scots, and was explicitly refused to her second husband. - Matrimonial cause, in law , a suit for the redre of injuries respecting the rights of marriage, as an action for divorce or the like. In England such causes were formerly a branch of the ecclesiastical jurisdiction. - Matrimonial Causes Acts, a series of English statutes relating to causes arising from the matrimonial relation. (a) A statute of 1857 (20 and 21 Vict., c. 85) which established the Court for Divorce and Matrimonial Causes, having exclusive jurisdiction over divorce and matrimonial matters, and settled the law relating thereto. (b) A statute of 1878 (41 and 42 Vict., c. 19) relating to divorce and judicial separation. (c) A statute of 1884 (47 and 48 Vict., c. 68) which substitutes for the restitution of conjugal rights formerly enforced periodical payments of money by the husband, authorizes the court to order a settlement of a wife's property for the benefit of the husband and children, and relates to desertion and custody of children.=Syn. 1. Matrimonial , Connubial , Nup tial, Conjugal , Hymeneal , Marital. Matrimonial , connu bial , and conjugal , like matrimony , relate to the married state. Nuptial and hymeneal are more suggestive of the act of marriage or that which is in close connection with Connubial the fact that marriage is the union of persons of opposite sexes. Conjugal primarily means belonging to a spouse, and secondarily belonging to the state of spouses - that is, matrimony: as, conjugal felicity, responsibility, obligations, rights. Marital means, spec if i to a husband, is also used with refer ence to the married state in general. matrimonially (mat-ri-mō'ni-al-i), adv. As regards matrimony; in matrimony; according to the manner or laws of marriage. He is so matrimonially wedded unto his church that he cannot quit the same. Ayliffe , Parergon. mat rim on i oust (mat-ri-mō'ni-us), a. [ -ous .] Relating to matrimony; matrimonial. = Foreseeing the miserable work that man's ignorance and pusillanimity would make in this matrimonious busine . Milton , Tetrachord on. matrimony (mat'ri-mō-ni), n. [ matrimoyne , matrimoigne, matrimoine , matrimonie = Pr. matrimoni Sp. Pg. It. matrimonio , mat rim onium , marriage, wedlock, in pl. wives; mater ( matri- ), mother (see mater2, mother mother1 ), + term. -monium : see -mony.] 1. The relation of husband and wife, with especial reference to what concerns the The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: The Century dictionary IMG:content-0334.png:[blocks in formation]