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premarital

[ pree-mar-i-tl ]

/ priˈmær ɪ tl /

adjective

preceding marriage.

Origin of premarital

First recorded in 1885–90; pre- + marital

Words nearby premarital

prelusive, prem, prem., premalignant, premarin, premarital, premature, premature birth, premature delivery, premature ejaculation, premature labor

Example sentences from the Web for premarital

Much of the series was turned over to moralistic preaching about the evils of premarital sex.

‘7th Heaven’ Dad Stephen Collins and the Christian Right’s Real Morality Tale |Amanda Marcotte |October 8, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Volunteers were asked about masturbation and their thoughts on premarital sex, but not about their girlfriends or friendships.

What Harvard’s Grant Study Reveals about Happiness and Life |Dan Slater |November 7, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
His 1973 doctorate dissertation on sex education was titled “Sexual Socialization and Premarital Sexual Behavior.”

Graham Spanier: Penn State’s Next Indictment? |Diane Dimond |August 24, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
People often married young within the Sea Org, as premarital sex was forbidden.

Scientology’s Sea Org: A Story of Escape for Katie Holmes and Suri Cruise |Abigail Pesta |July 6, 2012 |DAILY BEAST

Premarital sex and cohabitation may have been rare half a century or more ago, but now they are common among all groups.

Charles Murray’s ‘Coming Apart’ and the Culture Myth |Ralph Richard Banks |February 8, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
Tim Fisher obviously desired extramarital relations with Mrs. Bagley—or was it premarital relations?

The Fourth R |George Oliver Smith
Everyone needs and should have premarital counseling, if only to help them to this all important insight.

Herein is Love |Reuel L. Howe
But they wouldn't be premarital with Tim unless he followed through and married Mrs. Bagley.

The Fourth R |George Oliver Smith

British Dictionary definitions for premarital

premarital

/ (priːˈmærɪtəl) /

adjective

(esp of sexual relations) occurring before marriage Compare extramarital