dowery
- a variation of dowry.
Example Sentences
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On the decease of Arthur, the king, with the view of retaining the opulent Spanish dowery in his family, desired to marry the widow of Arthur to his next son.
From Monks, Popes, and their Political Intrigues by Alberger, John
And know, besides, sweet daughter of Zion, that were the most Christian king to offer me his most Christian daughter, with Languedoc for a dowery, I could not wed her.
From Ivanhoe by Scott, Walter, Sir
When virginity Seeks, all coyful, Man's affinity; Fate all flowery, Bright and bowery, Is her dowery!
From The Complete Plays of Gilbert and Sullivan by Gilbert, W. S. (William Schwenck), Sir
I consented that Elizabeth should return, and gave her husband five thousand pounds as her dowery, with a promise of more, if they should conduct themselves to my satisfaction.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 12 by Various
And when thei are come to mannes state, thei marye at the kynges pleasure: And be enriched both with dowery of their wife, and a stipende.
From The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 06 Madiera, the Canaries, Ancient Asia, Africa, etc. by Hakluyt, Richard
