Definition of Marital bed

1. Noun. The relationship between wife and husband.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Marital Bed

mariposa
mariposa lilies
mariposa lily
mariposa tulip
mariposas
mariposia
mariput
mariputs
maris complaisants
marish
marishes
maritage
maritages
marital
marital bed (current term)
marital communications privilege
marital counseling
marital rape
marital relationship
marital status
marital therapy
maritally
maritated
mariticidal
mariticide
mariticides
maritimal

Literary usage of Marital bed

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Complete Angler by Izaak Walton, Charles Cotton, Edward Fitzgibbon (1854)
"The male fish that remains in victorious possession of his aquatic bride proceeds with her to make choice of the marital bed, having driven from it all ..."

2. Siena and Southern Tuscany by Edward Hutton (1910)
"There behind the curtains of the great marital bed he watched her undress, and in fear and impatience waited till she was asleep. Then, as he tells us, ..."

3. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1857)
"So you see the Count's marital bed is not a bed of roses. Speaking of the revelation of political set-rets, it is said that the deceased Princess DC ..."

4. A Treatise on the Law of Marriage, Divorce, Separation, and Domestic Relations by James Schouler, Arthur Walker Blakemore (1921)
"... divorce cannot be bad for that cause,84 as where the complaining party is admitted to the marital bed even if only for one night.95 Where the husband ..."

5. A Departure from the Script: A Novel by Rochelle Hollander Schwab (2002)
"But today, on this Sunday morning alone in my marital bed, my own hand crept between my legs, rubbing and stroking, taking his place as I treated myself to ..."

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