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connubial /kəˈnjuːbɪəl /adjective literaryRelating to marriage or the relationship between a married couple; conjugal: their connubial bed...- His armpits start smelling of meat; he becomes an urban caveman, forever subjecting Russia to ‘the detailed exaction of his connubial rights’.
- At a time when tabloid headlines and reality TV shows make a nightly travesty of eternal devotion and connubial bliss, queer sweethearts have provided the season's most sincere and sentimental romantic comedy.
- Look for ‘scholarly’ studies in the years to come, tracing every blip in the Canadian divorce rate to the gays and their subversive connubial happiness.
Derivativesconnubiality /kənjuːbɪˈalɪti/ noun ...- So if you practice Catholicism, and wish to remain a Catholic, you must honor the connubiality of the Eucharist.
- People are now aware that maintaining a marriage requires skill, and no longer believe stable connubiality depends merely on a marriage license and children.
- No matter our culture, class, connubiality, community, or conviviality we as Christians are unified in our profession of Christ as Lord.
connubially adverb ...- And off they go and connubially link themselves without even having the banns read.
- I don't use this phrase to condemn anyone who becomes connubially blissful, by the way.
- Many of them, upon arriving in the United States, chose to attach themselves to the community, religiously, connubially, geographically, or occupationally, expanding its size even further.
OriginMid 17th century: from Latin connubialis, from connubium 'marriage', from con- 'with' + nubere 'marry'. |