BRIDEWEALTH

Meaning of BRIDEWEALTH in English

ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun

( -s )

: bride-price

Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012

BRIDEWEALTH — Payment made by the groom or his kin to the kin of the wife in order to ratify the marriage. …
Английский словарь Британика
BRIDEWEALTH — also called Bride-price, or Marriage Payment, the payment made by the groom or his kin to the kin of the …
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BRIDEWEALTH — Payment made by the groom or his kin to the kin of the wife in order to ratify the marriage. …
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BRIDEWEALTH — см. brideprice
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MARRIAGE
Английский словарь Британика
DOWRY — Money, goods, or estate that a woman brings to her husband in marriage . The dowry has a long history …
Английский словарь Британика
BRIDE PRICE — (in some nonindustrial societies) the money or goods given to the family of a bride by the bridegroom or his …
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KINSHIP
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FUR — people after whom the westernmost province of The Sudan, Darfur, is named. The Fur inhabit the mountainous area of Jebel …
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FAMILY, THE
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MARRIAGE
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DOWRY — n. Money, goods, or estate that a woman brings to her husband in marriage . The dowry has a long …
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DOWRY — n. Function: noun the money, goods, or estate that a woman brings to her husband in marriage FF1C; from a …
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DOWRY — noun the money, goods, or estate that a woman brings to her husband in marriage from a poor family, she …
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