conjugal rights

American  

plural noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of conjugal rights

First recorded in 1890–95

Example Sentences

The Council of Eliberis commanded abstinence from conjugal rights for three or four or seven days before the communion.

From Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 3 Analysis of the Sexual Impulse; Love and Pain; The Sexual Impulse in Women by Ellis, Havelock

With respect to conjugal rights they are religiously strict; no person is allowed to have a woman on board, unless married to her according to their laws.

From Great Pirate Stories by French, Joseph Lewis

This state of things was partly reformed by the Matrimonial Causes Bill of 1884, and that bill was passed, not to protect women, but men, against punishment for refusal to restore conjugal rights.

From Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 6 Sex in Relation to Society by Ellis, Havelock

She files a petition for restitution of conjugal rights.

From The Law and the Poor by Parry, Edward Abbott

Again reciprocity of conjugal rights and duties is desirable for parenthood.

From Socialism: Positive and Negative by La Monte, Robert Rives