premarital
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of premarital
Example Sentences
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It is a significant change from the days when most meetings between young people were carefully managed by relatives with an eye to marriage, and any form of premarital romantic relations was off limits.
But there are many ways premarital debt can affect postmarital life.
From Los Angeles Times
The movie also represents premarital pregnancy as salvation rather than sin, and scenes were consequently cut for its post-Production Code rerelease in the late 1930s.
From New York Times
The loud and malapropism-prone Archie also touched on subjects such as atheism, the virtues of premarital celibacy, the breakdown of law and order, long hair on boys and short skirts on girls.
From Los Angeles Times
Prenuptial or premarital agreements, often called “prenups,” have a reputation for being a tool the ultra-wealthy use to protect their assets.
From Seattle Times
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