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I was looking at some vocabulary the other day, and I saw the word “matricide,” which basically means whackin’ your mom. After questioning the moral value of the educational system, I started thinking, and I remembered the word “alimony,” which basically  means a payment to a divorced spouse. Look at those two words. Can you see another word between those two? “Matrimony?” So….would matrimony be basically a “Payment to a woman?” Goodness gracious, marriage rites.