premarital

[ pree-mar-i-tl ]

adjective
  1. preceding marriage.

Origin of premarital

1
First recorded in 1885–90; pre- + marital

Words Nearby premarital

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2024

How to use premarital in a sentence

British Dictionary definitions for premarital

premarital

/ (priːˈmærɪtəl) /


adjective
  1. (esp of sexual relations) occurring before marriage: Compare extramarital

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012