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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. of or relating to marriage or to the relationship between a wife and husband;
- Example: "connubial bliss"
- Example: "conjugal visits"
[syn: conjugal, connubial]


ADVERB (1)

1. in a conjugal manner;
[syn: conjugally, connubial]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Connubial \Con*nu"bi*al\, a. [L. connubialis, fr. connubium
   marriage; con- + nubere to veil, to marry. See Nupital.]
   Of or pertaining to marriage, or the marriage state;
   conjugal; nuptial.
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         Nor Eve the rites
         Mysterious of connubial love refused.    --Milton.
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         Kind, connubial tenderness.              --Goldsmith.
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