holy estate of matrimony

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• estate */*/*/ — UK [ɪˈsteɪt] / US noun [countable] Word forms estate : singular estate plural estates 1) British an area where there are many houses, usually built at the same time by the same company. Many estates are owned by local government and have cheap… …   English dictionary

• estate — /I steIt/ noun 1 (C) BrE an area where houses or buildings of a similar type have all been built together in a planned way: council/industrial/housing etc estate: Rachel was brought up on a bleak post war council estate in Liverpool. 2 (singular) …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• estate — es|tate [ ı steıt ] noun *** ▸ 1 of dead person ▸ 2 area of buildings ▸ 3 rulers of country ▸ 4 situation or state ▸ 5 station wagon 1. ) count or uncount all the property and money that belongs to someone, especially someone who has just died:… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• estate — noun 1》 a property consisting of a large house and extensive grounds.     ↘a property where coffee, rubber, grapes, or other crops are cultivated. 2》 Brit. an area of land and buildings developed for residential, industrial, or commercial… …   English new terms dictionary

• estate — /əˈsteɪt / (say uh stayt), /ɛs / (say es ) noun 1. a piece of landed property, especially one of large extent: to have an estate in the country. 2. Law a. an interest in land, traditionally classified either as freehold or of fixable duration, as …  

• estate — n. 1 a property consisting of an extensive area of land usu. with a large house. 2 Brit. a modern residential or industrial area with integrated design or purpose. 3 all of a person s assets and liabilities, esp. at death. 4 a property where… …   Useful english dictionary

• Marriage —    The sad prevalence of divorce in the United States might not have come to pass if people had clear ideas of what Marriage really is. Marriage is a great deal more than simply a civil contract. It is a divine institution, an honorable estate,… …   American Church Dictionary and Cyclopedia

• The Irish (in Countries Other Than Ireland) —     The Irish (in countries other than Ireland)     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Irish (in countries other than Ireland)     I. IN THE UNITED STATES     Who were the first Irish to land on the American continent and the time of their arrival are …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Marriage — For other uses, see Marriage (disambiguation). Married and Matrimony redirect here. For other uses, see Married (disambiguation) and Matrimony (disambiguation) …   Wikipedia

• Ritual of Marriage —     Ritual of Marriage     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Ritual of Marriage     The form for the celebration of the Sacrament of Matrimony, as it stands in the Rituale Romanum of the present day, is remarkably simple. It consists of the following… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Notary public — An embossed foil Notary Seal from the State of New York. A notary public (or notary or public notary) in the common law world is a public officer constituted by law to serve the public in non contentious matters usually concerned with estates,… …   Wikipedia