premarital
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of premarital
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Most straight people already believed women should work, premarital sex is normal and unhappy couples should divorce.
From Salon ● Jun. 29, 2026
When your husband was deciding to split his premarital assets, it was good of him to keep you in the loop.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 31, 2026
It is a significant change from the days when most meetings between young people were carefully managed by relatives with an eye to marriage, and any form of premarital romantic relations was off limits.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 14, 2026
The movie also represents premarital pregnancy as salvation rather than sin, and scenes were consequently cut for its post-Production Code rerelease in the late 1930s.
From New York Times ● Apr. 16, 2024
Retreats for youth, premarital couples, parents and teen-agers, solo parents, senior citizens, Meeting members.
From Marriage Enrichment Retreats Story of a Quaker Project by D. R. (David Robert) Mace
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