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marriage guidance

British

noun

1. advice given to couples who have problems in their married life
2. ( as modifier )
  
  a marriage-guidance counsellor

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Example Sentences

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At the time, Mr. Prescott was jokingly referred to as the political equivalent of a marriage guidance counselor.

From New York Times • Nov. 21, 2024

"We met up with her on all sorts of occasions, she was a lovely person. She was terrific and did such a lot. She also did her marriage guidance and was terribly good at that."

From BBC • May 17, 2020

In a lot of ways our marriage is better than it was, which seems like a crazy thing to say but we spent months going to marriage guidance.

From BBC • Nov. 11, 2018

Tam is shocked by his behaviour, becomes teetotal and qualifies as an alcohol and marriage guidance officer.

From The Guardian • Jul. 10, 2010

Before leaving Britain permanently in 1949, they had set up more than one hundred marriage guidance centers and achieved their goal of recognition for the Marriage Guidance Council.

From Marriage Enrichment Retreats Story of a Quaker Project by Mace, D. R. (David Robert)

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