thoral

English

Etymology

From Latin t(h)orus (“marriage”, literally “(marriage) bed”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈθɔːɹəl/

Adjective

thoral (not comparable)

  1. (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.

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