premarriage

alternative pre-marriage

1. not comparableBefore marriage.

plural premarriages · alternative pre-marriage

1. countableuncountableA period of time before marriage.

   Dating and pre-marriage are times to sort out what kind of person you like or if you like people at all.

   2012, Justin Velgus, Ai, Love You?: Finding Friendship, Romance, and Heartbreak in Japan

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   If we have to start inspecting premarriages and I have to give birth control advice to every innocent woman those boys decide […]

   2012, Cait London, Last Dance

   There I have dumped willy-nilly into a giant coffin-sized plastic bin of photos that dated back to premarriage and children.

   2013, Marni Jameson, House of Havoc: How to Make--and Keep--a Beautiful Home Despite Cheap Spouses, Messy Kids, and Other Difficult Rommates