“Connubial” (kuh-NOO-bee-ul) – from the Latin – means of or pertaining to marriage.
Example (as used by Larry Gelbart in Laughing Matters): “Wed as teenagers in Chicago, my parents’ connubial collaboration had a second result: me and, seven years after my birth, a spectacularly beautiful sequel, my sister, Marcia.”
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