thoral
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin t(h)orus (“marriage”, literally “(marriage) bed”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
thoral (not comparable)
- (formal) nuptial
- 1726, John Ayliffe, Parergon Juris Canonici Anglicani: Or, A Commentary, by Way of Supplement to the Canons and Constitutions of the Church of England. […], London: […] D. Leach, and sold by John Walthoe […], →OCLC:
- The punishment of adultery, according to the Roman law, was sometimes made by a thoral separation.