marital

[ mar-i-tl ]

1. of or relating to marriage; conjugal; matrimonial:

   marital vows; marital discord.

2. Archaic. of or relating to a husband.

marital

/ ˈmærɪtəl /

adjective

1. of or relating to marriage

   marital status

2. of or relating to a husband

Derived Forms

• ˈmaritally, adverb

Other Words From

• mari·tal·ly adverb
• non·mari·tal adjective
• non·mari·tal·ly adverb
• post·mari·tal adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of marital¹

1595–1605; < Latin marītālis of married people, derivative of marītus of marriage. See marry ¹, -al ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of marital¹

C17: from Latin marītālis, from marītus married (adj), husband (n); related to mās male

Example Sentences

Foster, who has starred in “3:10 to Yuma,” “Six Feet Under” and the Disney Channel series “Flash Forward,” asked the court to enforce a 2018 prenuptial agreement that called for an “equitable division” of their marital assets and debts and the incorporation of their “marital dissolution agreement and agreed parenting plan” into their final divorce decree.

From Los Angeles Times

When states required a plaintiff to prove their spouse's fault, divorce was understood to be a remedy for an innocent partner who had suffered a specific form of marital misconduct that was bad enough to justify dissolving a marriage.

From Salon

Martha Stewart doesn't do warts, but Cutler edits a wry irony into the artful coverage she dabs on her blemishes, like her refusal to count her marital infidelity as equivalent to that of her husband.

From Salon

She blamed their marital troubles on gradually drifting apart — not sudden changes in Brady’s retirement plans as football fans suggested on the internet.

From Los Angeles Times

Although reform groups had also hoped for concrete ways to better welcome gay people in the Church, the final document did not mention the LGBT+ community, except for a passing reference to those who feel “excluded or judged” because of their “marital status, identity or sexuality”.

From BBC

Related Words

• matrimonial
• wedded