marital
American-
of or relating to marriage; conjugal; matrimonial.
marital vows; marital discord.
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Archaic. of or relating to a husband.
adjective
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of or relating to marriage
marital status
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of or relating to a husband
Other Word Forms
- maritally adverb
- nonmarital adjective
- nonmaritally adverb
- postmarital adjective
Etymology
Origin of marital
1595–1605; < Latin marītālis of married people, derivative of marītus of marriage. See marry 1, -al 1
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From BBC
Tom is gripped by a sense of social as well as marital alienation.
Multiple reports suggest that the mogul is planning to overhaul the two abodes to create the perfect marital mansion, where he and Sanchez will eventually settle down.
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