conjugal rights
plural noun
the sexual rights and privileges conferred on spouses by the marriage bond.
Origin of conjugal rights
1First recorded in 1890–95
Words Nearby conjugal rights
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How to use conjugal rights in a sentence
Wearing apparel, furniture, jewelry, even legal expenses incurred in regaining her conjugal rights have been included.
Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman | Albert Sidney BollesHereupon he availed himself of his conjugal rights with characteristic pettiness and forbade her to leave France.
Court Beauties of Old Whitehall | W. R. H. TrowbridgeAfter luncheon, a diabolic idea occurred to him: Why shouldn't he take a definite advance on his conjugal rights?
A Virgin Heart | Remy de GourmontHe declares his love for me, takes me in his arms, and threatens me with his conjugal rights.
A Comedy of Marriage and Other Tales | Guy De MaupassantIt differed from the formless marriage in the absence of affectio maritalis, and therefore of full conjugal rights.
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