Word Meanings - NUPTIAL - Book Publishers vocabulary database
Of or pertaining to marriage; done or used at a wedding; as, nuptial rites and ceremonies. Then, all in heat, They light the nuptial torch. Milton. (more info) nubere, nuptum, prop., to cover, to veil, hence, to marry, as the
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- CONJUGAL
Belonging to marriage; suitable or appropriate to the marriage state or to married persons; matrimonial; connubial. "Conjugal affection." Milton. - MATRIMONIALLY
In a matrimonial manner. - MATRIMONIAL
Of or pertaining to marriage; derived from marriage; connubial; nuptial; hymeneal; as, matrimonial rights or duties. If he relied upon that title, he could be but a king at courtesy, and have rather a matrimonial than a regal power. Bacon. Syn. - HYMENEAL; HYMENEAN
Of or pertaining to marriage; as, hymeneal rites. Pope. - CONNUBIAL
Of or pertaining to marriage, or the marriage state; conjugal; nuptial. Nor Eve the rites Mysterious of connubial love refused. Milton. Kind, connubial tenderness. Goldsmith. - CONNUBIALITY
The quality of being connubial; something characteristics of the conjugal state; an expression of connubial tenderness. Some connubialities which had begun to pass between Mr. and Mrs. B. Dickens. - CONJUGALLY
In a conjugal manner; matrimonially; connubially. - CONJUGALITY
The conjugal state; sexual intercourse. Milton. - NUPTIAL
Of or pertaining to marriage; done or used at a wedding; as, nuptial rites and ceremonies. Then, all in heat, They light the nuptial torch. Milton. (more info) nubere, nuptum, prop., to cover, to veil, hence, to marry, as the - MARITAL
Of or pertaining to a husband; as, marital rights, duties, authority. "Marital affection." Ayliffe. - ANTENUPTIAL
Preceding marriage; as, an antenuptial agreement. Kent. - POSTNUPTIAL
Being or happening after marriage; as, a postnuptial settlement on a wife. Kent.