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Definition
in some societies, money or property given by a woman's family to the husband at marriage
or less formally: money or property a bride brings to a marriage
or less formally: money or property a bride brings to a marriage
- If thou dost marry, I'll give thee this plague for thy dowry,— be thou as chaste as ice, as pure as snow, thou shalt not escape calumny.3.1 — Act 3 Scene 1 — A room in the Castle (71% in)
There are no more uses of "dowry" in Hamlet, Prince of Denmark.
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