thoral
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.