Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Wedlock \Wed"lock\, n. [AS. wedl[=a]c a pledge, be trothal; wedd
   a pledge + l[=a]c a gift, an offering. See {Wed}, n., and cf.
   {Lake}, v. i., {Knowledge}.]
   1. The ceremony, or the state, of marriage; matrimony. ``That
      blissful yoke . . . that men clepeth [call] spousal, or
      wedlock.'' --Chaucer.

            For what is wedlock forced but a hell, An age of
            discord or continual strife?          --Shak.

   2. A wife; a married woman. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.

   Syn: See {Marriage}.

Wedlock \Wed"lock\, v. t.
   To marry; to unite in marriage; to wed. [R.] ``Man thus
   wedlocked.'' --Milton.

Source : WordNet®

wedlock
     n : the state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for
         life (or until divorce); "a long and happy marriage";
         "God bless this union" [syn: {marriage}, {matrimony}, {union},
          {spousal relationship}]