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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
- There was the vital matter of two dowries.p. 239.3
dowries = money or property given by a woman's family to the husband at marriage
- But Mercy had never given a thought to a dowry.p. 239.5
- Why did she need a dowry, she argued practically, when she was really not leaving home at all?p. 239.7
dowry = money or property given by a woman's family to the husband at marriage
dowry = money or property given by a woman's family to the husband at marriage
There are no more uses of "dowry" in The Witch of Blackbird Pond.
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