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marriage portion
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Word History and Origins
Origin of marriage portion1
First recorded in 1760–70
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Example Sentences
If she has not borne children to her later husband, the sons of her bridegroom shall take her marriage portion.
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Accepting the property from Mr Heatherstone is receiving a favour, were it given as a marriage portion with his daughter.
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Besides, it was as much as the marriage-portion of six princesses of Wirtemberg.
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They also forbade the women to lament for their relatives, and Licinia was deprived of her marriage portion.
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Tell me, Susan—I shall have a marriage-portion, shall I not?
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