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MATRIMONIAL CONTRACT
The voluntary agreement of a man and a woman to enter marriage, and recognized as such by the Church or State. Among the baptized every valid matrimonial contract is also a sacrament.
All items in this dictionary are from Fr. John Hardon's Modern Catholic Dictionary, © Eternal Life. Used with permission.
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