connubial
of marriage or wedlock; matrimonial; conjugal: connubial love.
Origin of connubial
1Other words for connubial
Other words from connubial
- con·nu·bi·al·i·ty, noun
- con·nu·bi·al·ly, adverb
- non·con·nu·bi·al, adjective
- non·con·nu·bi·al·ly, adverb
- non·con·nu·bi·al·i·ty, noun
- post·con·nu·bi·al, adjective
- pre·con·nu·bi·al, adjective
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How to use connubial in a sentence
That this revisionist myth-maker preferred not to copy Homer’s portrait of Penelope as a model of connubial chasteness hints at a larger phenomenon.
How World War II's ‘Dear John’ Letters Changed American Society | Susan L. Carruthers | February 14, 2022 | TimeHe was supposed to be married only to the Church, and would be unfaithful to Heaven if he bound himself by connubial ties.
Beacon Lights of History, Volume VII | John LordWhoredoms in the spiritual sense of the word signify the connubial connection of what is evil and false, 428.
The Delights of Wisdom Pertaining to Conjugial Love | Emanuel SwedenborgHe enclosed her briskly in a connubial hug, and remarked with mad ecstasy: 'What a duck you are, Harry!
Evan Harrington, Complete | George MeredithJoe and Matilda had been married nearly two months when, in the thick of a connubial row, he demanded her passport.
West Wind Drift | George Barr McCutcheon
I wont have you treading on peoples finer sensibilities and smashing connubial peace and comfort all to splinters.
Nothing But the Truth | Frederic S. Isham
British Dictionary definitions for connubial
/ (kəˈnjuːbɪəl) /
of or relating to marriage; conjugal: connubial bliss
Origin of connubial
1Derived forms of connubial
- connubiality, noun
- connubially, adverb
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