MATRIMONY (

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• LAT

Lat. matrimonium,

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• MARRIAGE

marriage, which is the

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• ORDINARY (med. Lat. ordinarius, Fr. ordinaire)

ordinary

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• ENGLISH

English sense)  , a game at cards played with a full whist pack upon a table divided into three compartments labelled " Matrimony," " Intrigue " and " Confederacy," and two smaller spaces, " Pair " and " Best." These names indicate combinations of two cards, any king and queen being " Matrimony," any queen and knave " Intrigue," any king and knave " Confederacy "; while any two cards of the same denomination form a " Pair " and the diamond ace is " Best." The dealer distributes a number of counters, to which an agreed value has been given, upon the compartments, and the other players do likewise . The dealer then gives one card to each player, face down, and a second, face up . If any turned-up card is the diamond ace, the player holding it takes everything on the space and the deal passes . If not turned, the diamond ace has only the value of the other three aces . If it is not turned, the players, beginning with the eldest. hand, expose their second cards, and the resulting combinations, if among the five successful ones, win the counters of the corresponding spaces . If the counters on a space are not won, they remain ' until the next deal .