connubium

We have long known that the connubium was the cause of a long and determined struggle between the patricians and the plebeians in Rome.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" Various

Beginning with the event of Pentecost, this connubium or "marriage" is manifested between the Spirit of Christ and his mystical body, that is, the Church.

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But he turned himself forthwith into his own shape, began to embrace and offer violence unto her, sed illa matris metu abnuebat, but she by no means would yield, donec pollicitus connubium obtinuit, till he vowed and swore to marry her, and then she gave consent.

Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

Like Macedonia, Greece was separated into parts, independent of each other, with no rights of _connubium_ or _commercium_.

Ancient Rome : from the earliest times down to 476 A. D. Robert Franklin Pennell

In 445 the Tribune Canuleius proposed a bill which was passed, and called the CANULEIAN LAW, giving to the plebeians the right of intermarriage (_connubium_) with the patricians, and enacting that all issue of such marriages should have the rank of the father.

Ancient Rome : from the earliest times down to 476 A. D. Robert Franklin Pennell

Intermarriage (_connubium_) between patricians and plebeians was forbidden previous to 445, and after that the offspring of such marriages took the rank of the father.

Ancient Rome : from the earliest times down to 476 A. D. Robert Franklin Pennell

A group of groups may have some relation to each other (kin, neighborhood, alliance, connubium, and commercium) which draws them together and differentiates them from others.

Introduction to the Science of Sociology Robert Ezra Park 1926

Marriage (nuptiœ or connubium) was the association or community of life between man and woman, for the procreation and rearing of offspring, validly entered into between Roman citizens.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy 1840-1916 1913

The connubium, or Roman marriage, was for Roman citizens: matrimonium existed among other free persons, and contubernium was the marital relation of slaves.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy 1840-1916 1913

But it is related that the Barki group found that they could not obtain girls in marriage for their sons, so they extended the privileges of the _connubium_ to the Majhli group after taking a caste feast.

The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala Robert Vane Russell 1894