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connubial

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con⋅nu⋅bi⋅al

  [kuh-noo-bee-uhl, -nyoo-]
–adjective
of marriage or wedlock; matrimonial; conjugal: connubial love.
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Origin:
1650–60; < ML connūbiālis, L cōnūbiālis, equiv. to cōnūbi(um) (cō- co- + nūb(āre) to marry + -ium -ium ) + -ālis -al 1

Related forms:
con⋅nu⋅bi⋅al⋅i⋅ty, noun
con⋅nu⋅bi⋅al⋅ly, adverb

Synonyms:
nuptial, marital.
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con·nu·bi·al   (kə-nōō'bē-əl, -nyōō'-)   
adj.  Relating to marriage or the married state; conjugal.

[Latin cōnūbiālis, from cōnūbium, marriage : com-, com- + nūbere, to marry.]
con·nu'bi·al·ism, con·nu'bi·al'i·ty (-āl'ĭ-tē) n., con·nu'bi·al·ly adv.
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Word Origin & History

connubial 
1656, from L. conubialis, from conubium "marriage," from com- "together" + nubere "to wed" (see nubile).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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