WIFE, n. plu. Wives. [G., a woman.]
1. The lawful consort of man; a woman who is united to man in the lawful bonds of wedlock; the correlative of husband.The husband of one wife. 1 Timothy 3.Let every one of you in particular, so love his wife even as himself, and let the wife see that she reverence her husband. Ephesians 5.2. A woman of low employment; as strawberry wives. [Not in use.]