a happy couple celebrating half a century of connubial bliss
Recent Examples on the WebRelyea was like an Old Testament prophet in the saturnine power of his recitatives, lightening his deep dark basso timbre for the evocation of Adam and Eve’s connubial bliss in his duets with Sierra in Part 3. John Von Rhein, chicagotribune.com, 9 Aug. 2017 The Maldivians have the highest divorce rate in the world, a fact which to my mind uniquely qualifies them to officiate over the interment by water of the connubial myth. Rachel Cusk, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 Feb. 2017
Word History
Etymology
Latin conubialis, from conubium, connubium marriage, from com- + nubere to marry — more at nuptial