conjugal rights

plural noun

1. the sexual rights and privileges conferred on spouses by the marriage bond.

Word History and Origins

Origin of conjugal rights¹

First recorded in 1890–95

Example Sentences

Wearing apparel, furniture, jewelry, even legal expenses incurred in regaining her conjugal rights have been included.

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Hereupon he availed himself of his conjugal rights with characteristic pettiness and forbade her to leave France.

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After luncheon, a diabolic idea occurred to him: Why shouldn't he take a definite advance on his conjugal rights?

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He declares his love for me, takes me in his arms, and threatens me with his conjugal rights.

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It differed from the formless marriage in the absence of affectio maritalis, and therefore of full conjugal rights.

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