conjugal
adjUK /ˈkɒndʒʊɡəl/ · US /ˈkɑnd͡ʒəɡəl/
Etymology From Middle French conjugal, from Latin coniugālis (“con- + iugum ('yoke')”).
1
Of or relating to marriage, or the relationship of spouses; connubial.
- "Lawgivers were never more mistaken," said Lady Mary, "than when they ordained that the conjugal tie should last through life for better and worse; the last injunction being strictly complied with. There should be septennial marriages, as well as septennial parliaments!"1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “An Act of Parliament”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 189:
- Synonyms
- connubial
- Derived terms
- conjugality, conjugally, conjugal rights, conjugal rite, conjugal visit, conjugal visitation, extraconjugal, nonconjugal, unconjugal
- Related terms
- conjugate