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Conjugal

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con=ju=gal

CIDE DICTIONARY

Conjugala. [L. conjugalis, fr. conjux husband, wife, consort, fr. conjungere to unite, join in marriage. See Conjoin.].
     Belonging to marriage; suitable or appropriate to the marriage state or to married persons; matrimonial; connubial.  Milton.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

Conjugal, adj. of marriage or the relation between husband and wife.

Idiom
conjugal rights those rights (esp. to sexual relations) regarded as exercisable in law by each partner in a marriage.
Derivative
conjugality n. conjugally adv.
Etymology
L conjugalis f. conjux consort (as com-, -jux -jugis f. root of jungere join)

THESAURUS

Conjugal

adoring, affectionate, bridal, connubial, demonstrative, devoted, epithalamic, faithful, filial, fond, husbandly, hymeneal, languishing, lovelorn, lovesick, lovesome, loving, marital, married, maternal, matrimonial, melting, nuptial, parental, paternal, romantic, sentimental, soft, spousal, tender, uxorious, wedded, wifely

ROGET THESAURUS

Conjugal

Marriage

N marriage, matrimony, wedlock, union, intermarriage, miscegenation, the bonds of marriage, vinculum matrimonii, nuptial tie, married state, coverture, bed, cohabitation, match, betrothment, wedding, nuptials, Hymen, bridal, espousals, spousals, leading to the altar, nuptial benediction, epithalamium, sealing, torch of Hymen, temple of Hymen, hymeneal altar, honeymoon, bridesmaid, bridesman, best man, bride, bridegroom, married man, married woman, married couple, neogamist, Benedict, partner, spouse, mate, yokemate, husband, man, consort, baron, old man, good man, wife of one's bosom, helpmate, rib, better half, gray mare, old woman, old lady, good wife, goodwife, feme, feme coverte, squaw, lady, matron, matronage, matronhood, man and wife, wedded pair, Darby and Joan, spiritual wife, monogamy, bigamy, digamy, deuterogamy, trigamy, polygamy, mormonism, levirate, spiritual wifery, spiritual wifeism, polyandrism, Turk, bluebeard, unlawful marriage, left-handed marriage, morganatic marriage, ill- assorted marriage, mesalliance, mariage de convenance, marriage broker, matrimonial agency, matrimonial agent, matrimonial bureau, matchmaker, schatchen, married, one, one bone and one flesh, marriageable, nubile, engaged, betrothed, affianced, matrimonial, marital, conjugal, connubial, wedded, nuptial, hymeneal, spousal, bridal, the gray mare the better horse, a world-without-end bargain, marriages are made in Heaven, render me worthy of this noble wife, si qua voles apte nubere nube pari.


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