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Definition of marital adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

marital

adjective
 
/ˈmærɪtl/
 
/ˈmærɪtl/
 [only before noun]
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  1. connected with marriage or with the relationship between a married couple
    • marital difficulties/breakdown
    Topics Life stagesc1
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryMarital is used with these nouns:
    • affection
    • bed
    • bliss
    • …
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    Word Originearly 16th cent.: from Latin maritalis, from maritus ‘husband’.
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