marriage bed
Spouses' shared mattress
The marriage bed is the bed shared by a married couple, and by extension, their sexual relationship.
The term carries traditional or formal overtones, often appearing in religious or literary contexts: the sanctity of the marriage bed.
To defile the marriage bed is to commit adultery.
- consummationFinal completion or achievement
- first nightDebut public performance
- honeymoonNewlyweds' celebratory vacation
- bedFurniture for slumber
- loveIntense fond attachment
wedding vows · wedding night · intimacy · conjugal · fidelity · vows · wedlock · canopy bed · nuptial · deathbed · mattress · white sheets · sleeping together · till death · domesticity · bridal suite · kiss · nightgown
- Biblical Sexualityadultery, fornication, virginity, lust, prostitution
- marriagebride, groom, wedding, husband, wife
- courtshipcourting, courtship, suitor, betrothal, wooing
- intimacykiss, hug, embrace, closeness, snuggling
- Literary Weddingswedding, bride, groom, betrothal, wedding scene
- religious sexualitychastity, modesty, virginity, sexual purity, sexual ethics
marriage bedaffair
Romantic entanglement outside commitment
illicit liaison · infidelity · extramarital affair · adultery · cheating
marriage bedsingle bed
One-person sleeping furniture
bachelor pad · one-night stand · hookup · celibacy · singlehood
marriage, marry, married, bedding, bedroom, unmarried, marrying, marriages, marital