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Webster 1913 Edition


Conjugal

Con′ju-gal

,
Adj.
[L.
conjugalis
, fr.
conjux
husband, wife, consort, fr.
conjungere
to unite, join in marriage. See
Conjoin
.]
Belonging to marriage; suitable or appropriate to the marriage state or to married persons; matrimonial; connubial.
“Conjugal affection.”
Milton.

Webster 1828 Edition


Conjugal

CONJUGAL

,
Adj.
[L., marriage; to yoke or couple. See Join and Yoke.]
1.
Belonging to marriage; matrimonial; connubial; as conjugal relation; conjugal ties.
2.
Suitable to the married state; becoming a husband in relation to his consort, or a consort in relation to her husband; as conjugal affection.