uxor
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Accordingly, uxor belongs to the man; conjux is on a par with the man; uxor refers to an every-day marriage, like wife; conjux, to a marriage between people of rank, like consort.
From Döderlein's Hand-book of Latin Synonymes by Döderlein, Ludwig
Eliseus Carpenter, cartwyth, et Elesot uxor ejus, vid.”—W.
From Curiosities of Puritan Nomenclature by Bardsley, Charles W.
The placeus uxor is sadly out of place in a soldier's life.
From Barrington Volume I (of II) by Lever, Charles James
III, by which "Willielmus de Bolton clericus et Goditha uxor ejus," release a claim to certain lands.
From Notes and Queries, Number 05, December 1, 1849 by Various
Oh, that we had a home!!—an unassuming wife—placens et tacens uxor; an unpretending house, with a comfortable guest-chamber; and no noiseless nursery, unfendered and uncared for!
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 363, January, 1846 by Various
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