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*2. a. A woman joined to a man by [[marriage]]; a married woman. Correlative of HUSBAND n. 2. (The ordinary current sense.)
*2. a. A woman joined to a man by [[marriage]]; a married woman. Correlative of HUSBAND n. 2. (The ordinary current sense.)
:b. Phrases. (a) to wife (TO prep. 11b), for a wife, to be one's wife: in such phrases as to take to wife, to marry (somewhat arch.); {dag}to give (grant) to wife, to bestow in marriage; {dag}to have (hold) to wife, to have as one's wife, be the husband of; to will to wife, to desire to marry.
:b. Phrases. (a) to wife (TO prep. 11b), for a wife, to be one's wife: in such phrases as to take to wife, to marry (somewhat arch.); {dag}to give (grant) to wife, to bestow in [[marriage]]; {dag}to have (hold) to wife, to have as one's wife, be the husband of; to will to wife, to desire to marry.
::(b) wife's light, a light (in a church) maintained by married women (cf. maiden's light, MAIDEN n. 10).
::(b) wife's light, a light (in a church) maintained by married women (cf. maiden's light, MAIDEN n. 10).
