[f. as prec. + -ITY.] Connubial state or condition; the practice or right of marrying; (with pl.) any action characteristic of the married state.
1837. Dickens, Pickw., xx. ‘Think, sir,’ replied Mr. Weller; ‘why, I think he’s the wictim o’ connubiality.’ Ibid. (1838), Nich. Nick., xlii. Some slight connubialities which had begun to pass between Mr. and Mrs. Browdie.
1884. Pall Mall G., 2 Oct., 2/2. The connubiality of the Anglican clergy.
