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Matrimony vs Alimony - What's the difference?

matrimony | alimony |

As nouns the difference between matrimony and alimony

is that matrimony is marriage; the state of being married while alimony is a court-enforced allowance made to a former spouse by a divorced or legally separated person.

matrimony

English

Noun

(matrimonies)
  • Marriage; the state of being married.
  • * Book of Common Prayer
    • If either of you know any impediment, why ye may not be lawfully joined together in matrimony , ye do now confess it.
  • The ceremony of marriage.
  • A particular solitaire card game using two decks of cards.

    • Synonyms

    * (state of being married) marriage, wedlock

    Derived terms

    * matrimony vine

    See also

    * wedding

    alimony

    English

    (wikipedia alimony)

    Noun

    (alimonies)
  • (legal) A court-enforced allowance made to a former spouse by a divorced or legally separated person.
  • The means to support life.

    • Derived terms

    * palimony * alimonious

    Related terms

    * aliment * alimentary