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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dowry \Dow"ry\, n.; pl {Dowries}. [Contr. from dowery; cf LL
dotarium See {Dower}.]
1. A gift; endowment. [Obs.] --Spenser.
2. The money, goods, or estate, which a woman brings to her
husband in marriage; a bride's portion on her marriage.
See Note under {Dower}. --Shak. Dryden.
3. A gift or presents for the bride, on espousal. See
{Dower}.
Ask me never so much dowry and gift, and I will give
. . .; but give me the damsel to wife. --Gen. xxxiv
12.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
dowry
n : money or property brought by a woman to her husband at
marriage [syn: {dowery}, {dower}]
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Dowry
(mohar; i.e., price paid for a wife, Gen. 34:12; Ex 22:17; 1
Sam. 18:25), a nuptial present; some gift, as a sum of money,
which the bridegroom offers to the father of his bride as a
satisfaction before he can receive her Jacob had no dowry to
give for his wife, but he gave his services (Gen. 29:18; 30:20;
34:12).
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