Vocabulary Word
Word: conjugal
Definition: pertaining to marriage
Definition: pertaining to marriage
Sentences Containing 'conjugal'
Chapter42Had Elizabeth's opinion been all drawn from her own family, she could not have formed a very pleasing opinion of conjugal felicity or domestic comfort.
``Ah,''said the count,``that is a most conjugal reservation; I recollect that at Rome you said something of a projected marriage.
As for his wife, he bowed to her, as some husbands do to their wives, but in a way that bachelors will never comprehend, until a very extensive code is published on conjugal life.
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