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bride price
noun
- (in some nonindustrial societies) the money or goods given to the family of a bride by the bridegroom or his family.
bride price
noun
- (in some societies) money, property, or services given by a bridegroom to the kinsmen of his bride in order to establish his rights over the woman
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Word History and Origins
Origin of bride price1
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Example Sentences
The rule in both Iliad and Odyssey is that the wooer gives a bride-price to the father of the bride, ethna.
In that song the injured husband, Hephaestus, claims back the bride-price which he had paid to the father of his wife, Zeus.
The bride-price varied much, according to the position of the parties, but was in excess of that paid for a slave.
In Homer girls are proud to be bought and to bring to their fathers a bride price of many cows.
Inside the we-group the first need for money is for fees, fines, amercements, and bride price.
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