Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Occurring, existing, or done before marriage; coming before marriage; preceding marriage: as, an antenuptial agreement; antenuptial children.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Preceding marriage.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Occurring before
marriage ;prenuptial .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective relating to events before a marriage
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Examples
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Mostly it is a thankless and objectionable undertaking, but in this instance it was delightful, and we three spent a kind of antenuptial honeymoon that was an experience to be appreciated with a warm glow by one whom the world has all gone by.
Some Everyday Folk and Dawn Miles Franklin 1916
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Looks like the antenuptial joy has had a short life among the usual suspects.
"This is an experiment... an exciting opportunity for me to look at a computer and get a snapshot of what Americans across the country care about." Ann Althouse 2009
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In truth, her antenuptial regard for Fitzpiers had been rather of the quality of awe towards
The Woodlanders 2006
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In that case, the Supreme Court described the parties as follows: Petitioner made an antenuptial agreement with Kinta Desmare.
September 2005 2005
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In that case, the Supreme Court described the parties as follows: Petitioner made an antenuptial agreement with Kinta Desmare.
Tax and the Seven Deadly Sins, by Jim Maule (Villanova) 2005
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Therefore men shuffle and lie, and tell themselves that in love — love here being taken to mean all antenuptial contests between man and woman — everything is fair.
He Knew He Was Right 2004
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The relations both antenuptial and postnuptial are of the most stringent character.
The Manóbos of Mindanáo Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume XXIII, First Memoir John M. Garvan
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There are no antenuptial relations between the pair, the marriage contract and all arrangements being made by their respective relatives.
The Manóbos of Mindanáo Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume XXIII, First Memoir John M. Garvan
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After a moment spent in the happy digestion of this delightful antenuptial way of exculpating a really outrageous masculine default, it slowly dawned upon him, as he arose and emptied the ash tray into the library fire, that it was most unusual, extraordinary, startling!
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_ -- In the statutes of 1889 the law on antenuptial marriage agreements was altered to the advantage of the wife.
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