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conjugal Definition

con·ju·gal (kän′jə gəl)

adjective

of marriage or the relation between husband and wife; matrimonial; connubial

Etymology: L conjugalis < conjunx, conjux, husband or wife < com-, together + base akin to L jugum, yoke, jungere, join

conjugal Related Forms
con′·ju·gal′·ity (-jə gal′ə tē) noun con′·ju·gally adverb
conjugal Synonyms

conjugal

modif.

nuptial, marital, connubial; see matrimonial.

conjugal Law Definition

adj

Pertaining to marriage, the state of being married, or the relationship between a husband and wife.

n

The sexual relationship or relations between a husband and wife.
conjugal Usage Examples

Modifies a noun

  • fidelity: Mandarin Ducks form a strong attachment to their partners, hence, they are also an emblem of conjugal fidelity.
  • affection: Highly as we admire that rare pattern of conjugal affection, Sir Eliot Howard, we do not like the character of his sisters.
  • love: His poems, generally, however, are devoted to the celebration of conjugal love.
  • relation: During the hours of fasting, food and drink and conjugal relations between husband and wife are forbidden.
  • act: He also provided for annulment where a spouse could not, because of some physical infirmity, perform the conjugal act.
  • visit: House of Meetings There were conjugal visits in the slave camps of the USSR.