All 3 Uses
dowry
in
Chandra's Wars
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- No girls to need dowry.†
Chpt 2.11 *
- Your property in Bonang is the dowry that will make this union possible.†
Chpt 3.17
- If I sell it for dowry, I'll have nothing.†
Chpt 3.17
Definitions:
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(1)
(dowry) 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 -
(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) More rarely, in some societies, a dowry may be given by a husband to his new wife. It can also refer to money paid upon entry to a monastic order.