Question

conjunct Politics and religion were conjunct in 18th-century England, and the American colonists were intent on separating the two. conjunct*

Accepted Answer

Bound together; joined, united. With its prefix con-, meaning “with, together,” conjunct means basically “joined together.” A rather intellectual word, it has special meanings in music (referring to a smooth melodic line that doesn't skip up or down) and astronomy (referring to two stars or planets that appear next to each other), but its more general “bound together” meaning is rarer. A conjunction is a word (particularly and, or, or but) that joins together words or groups of words, and an adverb that joins two clauses or sentences (such as so, however, meanwhile, therefore, or also) is called a conjunctive adverb—or simply a conjunct.

word	conjunct
definition	Bound together; joined, united.
eg_sentence	Politics and religion were conjunct in 18th-century England, and the American colonists were intent on separating the two.
explanation	With its prefix con-, meaning “with, together,” conjunct means basically “joined together.” A rather intellectual word, it has special meanings in music (referring to a smooth melodic line that doesn't skip up or down) and astronomy (referring to two stars or planets that appear next to each other), but its more general “bound together” meaning is rarer. A conjunction is a word (particularly and, or, or but) that joins together words or groups of words, and an adverb that joins two clauses or sentences (such as so, however, meanwhile, therefore, or also) is called a conjunctive adverb—or simply a conjunct.
IPA	conjunct*

Conjunct Meaning Referring Joins Bound Joined United Politics