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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
- She had gone to Ergushovo, the estate that had been her dowry, and the one where in spring the forest had been sold.Part Three (19% in)
There are no more uses of "dowry" in Anna Karenina.
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