Definition of Conjugal family

1. Noun. A family consisting of parents and their children and grandparents of a marital partner.

Exact synonyms: Nuclear Family
Generic synonyms: Family, Home, House, Household, Menage

Lexicographical Neighbors of Conjugal Family

conjoiner
conjoiners
conjoining
conjoins
conjoint
conjoint therapy
conjointed
conjointly
conjointment
conjointness
conjubilant
conjugacy
conjugal
conjugal cancer
conjugal family (current term)
conjugal visitation
conjugal visitation rights
conjugal visits
conjugalities
conjugally
conjugant
conjugants
conjugase
conjugases
conjugata

Literary usage of Conjugal family

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

1. The Changing Transitions to Adulthood in Developing Countries: Selected Studies by Cynthia B. Lloyd (2005)
"Goode emphasizes the "fit" between the conjugal family and modern ... According to Goode, the ideal type of conjugal family excludes relatives from everyday ..."

2. What Holds Us Together: Social Cohesion in South Africa by David Chidester, Philip Dexter (2004)
"Parsons T (1980) The Isolated conjugal family in Anderson M (ed) Sociology of the Family. New York: Penguin. Rich A (1976) Of Woman Born: Motherhood as ..."

3. The Red War on the Family by Samuel Saloman (1922)
"... also is saddled with certain duties and obligations. Thus we learn: 100. Persons united in marriage shall bear a family name (the conjugal family name). ..."

4. Tracking Gender Equity Under Economic Reforms: Continuity and Change in by Swapna Mukhopadhyay, Ratna M. Sudarshan (2003)
"A series of legislations in the early twentieth century introduced measures 'recognizing' the conjugal family (as against the matrilineal family which did ..."

5. Educational Sociology by David Snedden (1922)
"Compare: conjugal family with patriarchal family; monogamous family with polygamous family; democratic state with oligarchic state; tribe with province; ..."

6. Causes of International Migration: Proceedings of a Workshop Luxembourg, 14 edited by Bob Vandererf, Liesbeth Heering (1996)
"Receiving countries tend to limit eligibility for family reunification to the members of the nuclear or conjugal family, imposing restrictions on the ..."

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