Convoler en justes noces
Meaning: To get married.
Language: French
Literally: To fly together in lawful wedding
Category: Daily Life
Origin: Convoler is Latin convolare, to fly together, and in Roman law it referred specifically to remarrying. French dropped that restriction but kept the deliberately elevated register, which is now always slightly arch.
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