Conjugial

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /kÉ™nˈdÊ’uːdʒɪəl/

Origin

From Latin coniugiālis, from coniugium ("connection, marriage").

Full definition of conjugial

Adjective

1. A form of "conjugal" used by Swedenborg and his followers, used to distinguish their ideas about marital relations.
• 2006, Marsha Keith Schuchard, Why Mrs Blake Cried, Pimlico 2007, p. 156:Claiming that he had ‘new information from heaven’, Swedenborg revealed that pre-marital sex with prostitutes or a mistress is not sinful, as long as the man maintains a belief in true conjugial love.
• 1875, Emanuel Swedenborg (tr. unknown), Heaven and its wonders and Hell, p246When this conjunction, which is of the interiors, descends into the inferiors, which are of the body, it is perceived and felt as love; that love is conjugial love.