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dower
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dow·er  (dour)
n.
1. The part or interest of a deceased man's real estate allotted by law to his widow for her lifetime. Also called dowry.
2. See dowry.
3. A natural endowment or gift; a dowry.
tr.v. dow·ered, dow·er·ing, dow·ers
To give a dower to; endow.
[Middle English douere, from Old French douaire, from Medieval Latin dtrium, drium, from Latin ds, dt-, dowry; see d- in Indo-European roots.]
dower [ˈdaʊə]
n
1. (Law) the life interest in a part of her husband's estate allotted to a widow by law
2. (Sociology) an archaic word for dowry [1]
3. a natural gift or talent
vb
(Law) (tr) to endow
[from Old French douaire, from Medieval Latin dōtārium, from Latin dōs gift]
dowerless  adj
Dower a burrow of rabbits or the like, 1490.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.dowerdower - money or property brought by a woman to her husband at marriage
dowery, dowry, portion
gift - something acquired without compensation
2.dower - a life estate to which a wife is entitled on the death of her husband
estate for life, life estate - (law) an estate whose duration is limited to the life of the person holding it
Verb1.dower - furnish with an endowment; "When she got married, she got dowered"
endow
gift, present, give - give as a present; make a gift of; "What will you give her for her birthday?"
benefice - endow with a benefice
dower
noun dowry, share, portion, legacy, inheritance, provision The dower was comprised of royal French lands in Artois.


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86) When religious propriety demanded it, even official Sephardi institutions, such as the Amsterdam dowering society known as Dotar, whose local branches throughout the Diaspora formed an important part of the welfare infrastructure of the "Spanish and Portuguese Hebrew Nation" in the West, went so far as to legitimize its conversa clients in the Iberian Peninsula, who publicly professed Christianity, by more or less imputing to them a Jewish belief in the unity of God.
Becoming Jewish in early modern France: documents on Jewish ... by Graizbord, David / Journal of Social History
While Diana, as a woman, could only participate in religious services and the process of dowering young girls, Francesco became one of the most serious and active of the confratelli over the course of the next decade.
Making a good impression: Diana Mantuana's printmaking career by Lincoln, Evelyn / Renaissance Quarterly
Though always favoring the "respectable poor" with fixed addresses, Orsanmichele's captains adjusted distributions to meet changing circumstances, shifting support early in the fourteenth century from the "voluntary poor" (religious) to families with children as the economy declined, and after the Black Death to dowering women who could facilitate repopulation.
Piety and Charity in Late Medieval Florence by Peterson, David S. / Renaissance Quarterly
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