Definition of Premarital

1. Adjective. Relating to events before a marriage. "Prenuptial agreement"

Exact synonyms: Antenuptial, Prenuptial
Partainyms: Wedding, Wedding, Wedding
Antonyms: Postnuptial

Definition of Premarital

1. Adjective. Before one’s marriage, before getting married. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Premarital

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Premarital

prelusions
prelusive
prelusively
prelusory
prem
premade
premake
premakes
premaking
premalignant
premammalian
preman
premanufacture
premanufactured
premanufactures
premarital (current term)
premaritally
premarked
premarket
premarketed
premarketing
premarkets
premarkup
premarriage
premarxist
premaster
prematch
prematernal
prematernity

Literary usage of Premarital

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Changing Transitions to Adulthood in Developing Countries: Selected Studies by Cynthia B. Lloyd (2005)
"Concerns have been raised about premarital sex, lack of knowledge of and ... Empirical estimates of trends in premarital sex are difficult to come by, ..."

2. Families First: Report of the National Commission on America's Urban FamiliesFamily & Relationships (1993)
"5.1 Religious organizations should give greater emphasis to premarital counseling and should require couples to complete this counseling as a condition of ..."

3. Report to Congress on Out-of-Wedlock Childbearing (1997)
"An extensive array of evidence suggests that adults who have been divorced have substantially more accepting attitudes toward divorce, premarital sex, ..."

4. Biblical Counsel: Resources for Renewal : an Annotated Topical Bibliography by Steven C. Kettler (1993)
"20538 "A manual on premarital counseling presenting a step-by-step guide through the major ... The premarital counseling guide you have been waiting for'. ..."

5. Food Security in Practice: Using Gender Research in Development by Agnes R. Quisumbing, Bonnie Folger McClafferty (2006)
"To the extent that premarital assets and individually owned assets are earmarked to a particular spouse, we would expect this to be reflected in the ..."

6. South African Social Attitudes: Changing Times, Diverse Voices by Stephen P. Rule, Udesh Pillay, Benjamin Roberts (2007)
"More than half of the adult population expressed the opinion that heterosexual premarital sexual relations, same-sex sexual relations, abortion if there is ..."

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