marital

[mar-i-tl]

1. of or relating to marriage; conjugal; matrimonial.

   marital vows; marital discord.

2. Archaic.,  of or relating to a husband.

marital

/ ˈmærɪtəl /

adjective

1. of or relating to marriage

   marital status

2. of or relating to a husband

Other Word Forms

• maritally adverb
• nonmarital adjective
• nonmaritally adverb
• postmarital adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of marital¹

1595–1605; < Latin marītālis of married people, derivative of marītus of marriage. See marry ¹, -al ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of marital¹

C17: from Latin marītālis, from marītus married (adj), husband (n); related to mās male

Example Sentences

In these states, assets acquired during a marriage are marital property, and those acquired prior are separate property.

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Until then, Prunella and her husband had been able to live independently in the marital home in Wandsworth.

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Mr. Simon’s record was also one of the first to grasp the mid-’70s ennui of a generation fenced in by marital responsibilities and yearning for its earlier, wilder self.

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Later, she gave my brother their former marital home.

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Plowing ahead with plans to buy a house using marital assets leaves her vulnerable and gives her soon-to-be-ex leverage in a divorce.

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Related Words

• matrimonial 
• wedded