Some have read in this text the possibility of a form of syneisaktism, or “spiritual marriage,” which would have involved living together but would not have involved sexual activity. Paul clearly separates syneisaktism from getting married, which is why I am naming it here as a form of cohabitation.

For these reasons more general terms are also used, such as double teeth or connation (meaning developed or born together) , which describe the appearance of the anomaly with no implication regarding its aetiology.

The Golden Gate was hardly to be seen at all, except on very favorable days, for the thick veil of ocean mist which hung over it. The whole scene was dull, sombre, brumous, depressing.

Mary, the thirdborn Bennett child in the novel Pride and Prejudice, receives the least attention.