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conjugal, a.|ˈkɒndʒʊgəl|
[ad. L. conjugāl-is, f. conjug-em (nom. conju(n)x) consort, spouse, f. con- together + jug- root of jung-ĕre to join, yoke; cf. conjungĕre to join together, join in marriage, etc. Cf. F. conjugal (in Cotgr. 1611).]
Of or relating to marriage, matrimonial.
conjugal rights: ‘the privilege which husband and wife have of each other's society, comfort, and affection’ (Wharton).
1545Joye Exp. Dan. xii. (R.), He shall set naught by y⊇ God of his fathers, neither shall he regarde the coniugale sone in wedlock. a1626Bp. Andrewes Serm. (1631) I. 9 Whereby He and we become..‘one flesh’ as man and wife do by conjugal union. 1644Milton Judgm. Bucer (1851) 321 Matrimony and Divorce are civil things, which the Christian Emperors knowing, gave conjugal Laws. 1682D'Urfey Butler's Ghost 12 Upon bare Hopes I would be frugal, And enter into Bonds Conjugal. 1709Strype Ann. Ref. I. iii. 80 To countenance the conjugal state of her clergy. 1875Hamerton Intell. Life vii. iii. 240 Essential to the conjugal life.
b. Of or pertaining to husband or wife in their relation to each other.
1550Bale Apol. 64 (R.) That some men voweth coniugall chastyte, or faythfull clennesse in marryage. 1653Walton Angler i. 25 The hearing of such conjugal faithfulness will be Musick to all chaste ears. 1781Gibbon Decl. & F. III. 259 If he had not been restrained by conjugal tenderness. 1834Macaulay Ess., Pitt (1851) 292 Conjugal fidelity. |