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# dowry

noun (dowry, dowries)

«dowry» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

(old use) money, goods or land that a bride's family gave to her when she married [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dowry/#m1)

### In the lessons

in fairy tales a gift that goes with a princess or a girl when she is married

### Examples

- The king gave his daughter a rich dowry. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dowry/#x1)
- Her father promised a dowry of gold and cows. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dowry/#x2)
- In the old story the poor girl had no dowry. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dowry/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths; a dowry is an amount of money, so in a sharing problem it is the total to be divided, not a count

## In Jewish tradition

In the Torah, money a man pays to the father of a bride (the "bride-price"), which a seducer must pay for a girl he has wronged.

**Interpretation.** Later Jewish law turned this into the ketubah, the marriage contract that protects the wife.

### Examples

- If her father utterly refuse to give her unto him, he shall pay money according to the dowry of virgins. (Torah EXO.22.17, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/dowry/#x1)
- Ask me never so much dowry and gift, and I will give according as ye shall say unto me; but give me the damsel to wife.' (Torah GEN.34.12, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/dowry/#x2)
- And if a man entice a virgin that is not betrothed, and lie with her, he shall surely pay a dowry for her to be his wife. (Torah EXO.22.16, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/dowry/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths; a dowry is an amount of money, so in a sharing problem it is the total to be divided, not a count

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «dowry» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dowry/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«dowry» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/dowry.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «dowry» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/dowry/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«dowry» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/dowry.html) on Mova free.