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  • adjective Before marriage.

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pre- +‎ marriage

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Examples

  • All the more so because many of the clothes were for me; she viewed my premarriage wardrobe, or lack thereof, as an abomination.

    What Do You Mean We Owe $2,000 on Your Credit Card? 2008

  • All those premarriage goals and values are well and good, but you will be continually challenged by new issues and problems kids, death, money, so an important tool is to be able to talk through and develop a shared vision—especially as your relationship evolves.

    You Being Beautiful Michael F. Roizen 2008

  • Some theologians object to the idea that a person ordained online is called a "reverend" but isn't necessarily obliged to act on all of a traditionally trained reverend's premarriage duties, such as counseling a couple before their wedding day.

    Chapel Bound: Getting Ordained Online 2008

  • All those premarriage goals and values are well and good, but you will be continually challenged by new issues and problems kids, death, money, so an important tool is to be able to talk through and develop a shared vision—especially as your relationship evolves.

    You Being Beautiful Michael F. Roizen 2008

  • The problem in their back, possibly a degenerated or herniated disc, probably already existed, says Lutz, but was intensified by the ole premarriage jitters.

    The Great Back Debate 2007

  • Bob Tousey, an independent Catholic deacon in Baltimore, recently set up a series of premarriage classes catering to issues unique to blended families.

    The 'Familymoon' 2007

  • Like when a single person comes into the church or when they counsel the youth the young, not the youth but young adults, and they counsel them like a premarriage counseling type of thing and they get new members and they're single.

    Oral History Interview with Margaret Edwards, January 20, 2002. Interview R-0157. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007) 2002

  • At thirty-one, her premarriage body was nothing but a vague memory.

    Jumpstart Your Metabolism Pam Grout 1996

  • Although he preferred drink to sex, he had, at least once, in Italy, cheated on Grace, and one does not suppose him to have been pure premarriage.

    The Romance of Sinclair Lewis Vidal, Gore 1992

  • She is married to Dr.G. Allan Pengelly (for practical purposes she has continued to use her professional, premarriage name of Dr. Bette Stephenson), and has six children-four boys and two girls ... zero population!

    The Doctor's Dilemma—Circa 1975 1975

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