premarital

adjective

pre·​mar·​i·​tal ˌprē-ˈmer-ə-tᵊl 

-ˈma-rə-

variants or less commonly pre-marital

: made or occurring before marriage

premarital counseling

premarital agreements concerning property

premarital sex

premaritally adverb

or pre-maritally

premaritally pregnant

cohabiting premaritally

Examples of premarital in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

And when the Adams character recovers her premarital creativity as an artist, Heller inadvertently trivializes her gallery show with a brief, piddling montage of making dead-animal taxidermy and painting Alex Katz–style portraits of her pregnant friends. —Armond White, National Review, 13 Dec. 2024

One option could be to recommend premarital counseling. —Harriette Cole, The Mercury News, 29 Oct. 2024

Ask your lady friend to join you for premarital counseling, where a licensed therapist can help her to free herself from Courtney's control. —Emma Jones, arkansasonline.com, 13 Oct. 2024

Ask your lady friend to join you for premarital counseling, where a licensed therapist can help her to free herself from Courtney’s control. —Jeanne Phillips, The Mercury News, 13 Oct. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1878, in the meaning defined above

Medical Definition

premarital

adjective

pre·​mar·​i·​tal ˌprē-ˈmar-ət-ᵊl 

: existing or occurring before marriage

Legal Definition

premarital

adjective

pre·​mar·​i·​tal

ˌprē-ˈmar-ət-ᵊl

: antenuptial