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marital
/ˈmɛɹətəl/
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What does marital mean?
adjective
- Pertaining to marriage.
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adjective
- (obsolete) Pertaining to a husband.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈmɛɹətəl/
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Though always polite, it was his habit to receive such services with marital coolness, as his wife’s duty.
This marriage was a business partnership as well as marital and proved a success in every way.
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They had no faintest approach to such a thing in their minds, knowing nothing of the custom of marital indulgence among us.
Those who anticipate the possibility of a premature interruption of pregnancy should realize that the marital relation is inadvisable after conception has taken place.
Wilson was consulted by a gentleman of twenty-six as to his ability to perform the marital function.