He had not married her nor paid dowery for her in marriage.    From Wordnik.com.  [Is that Jerry Falwell Calling for the Carpet Bombing Of Gaza?] Reference

The dowery is higher if ... and the father gets to keep the money.    From Wordnik.com.  [Oral History Interview with Guion Griffis Johnson, May 17, 1974. Interview G-0029-2. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)] Reference

The dowery doesn't go to the husband, but comes to him, you see, the father.    From Wordnik.com.  [Oral History Interview with Guion Griffis Johnson, May 17, 1974. Interview G-0029-2. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)] Reference

And although it is illegal a dowery is given to the grooms family from the brides.    From Wordnik.com.  [What About Love?] Reference

If she has some education, the dowery is higher than if she spoke only the tribal language.    From Wordnik.com.  [Oral History Interview with Guion Griffis Johnson, May 17, 1974. Interview G-0029-2. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)] Reference

They were economic deals the parents worked out for the dowery and the chance to have grandkids.    From Wordnik.com.  [03/17/2005] Reference

Although Louise is beautiful and shy, she has a limp and no dowery, which makes her prospects of marriage dismal.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2009-04-01] Reference

Messengers between the two parties finally arrived at an agreement concerning the dowery, and the marriage was agreed upon.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Eternal Mercenary]

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 Wordnik.com.  [The Fardle of Facions, conteining the aunciente maners, customes and lawes, of the peoples enhabiting the two partes of the earth, called Affricke and Asie] Reference

In other words Israel holdson to the dowery (the land) but has chosen not to get married and has kept theproposed bride in the basement for forty years.    From Wordnik.com.  [OpEdNews - Diary: "Israel disputes this" no it doesn't] Reference

I think girls and women have sexualized from the beginning of time, if you view the history of woman as property and a woman was only as good as her virginity and her dowery.    From Wordnik.com.  [Desperate Feminist Housewife Moms Rule The World! | Her Bad Mother] Reference

The company would probably have to accept millions in dowery just to wed another partner to what is now the hottest mobile client on the planet, even without including the iPod touch.    From Wordnik.com.  [Google Should Make Apple Beg For Maps Navigation] Reference

She lived with her extended family but they did not want to deal with her they were not happy about the prospect of having to pay for her dowery so they married her off as fast as they could.    From Wordnik.com.  [Beetee...] Reference

At present, thanks to my patrimony and the dowery of my wife, I have an income of fifteen thousand francs (L.600) a-year, am without ambition, have three children, and my only care is to educate them well.    From Wordnik.com.  [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 327, January, 1843] Reference

That, of course, would include the cultures, past and present, where the traditions of marriage include polygamy (Hello Mr. and Mrs. and Mrs. and Mrs. and Mrs. Saud), arranged childhood marriages, impoverishing dowery payments, etc., etc., etc.    From Wordnik.com.  [Oh so pure...] Reference

And be enriched both with dowery of their wife, and a stipende.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 06 Madiera, the Canaries, Ancient Asia, Africa, etc.] Reference

Caledonia, at any term within that flourishing period, their dowery of ruined villages.    From Wordnik.com.  [St. Ronan's Well] Reference

And jest at this time the dowery in Loontown fell onto Elnathan, so that they all come East.    From Wordnik.com.  [Samantha at the World's Fair] Reference

Hall would be a good dowery-house, to which my lady and Ellesmere might retreat; while (empress of the still-room, and queen of the pantry).    From Wordnik.com.  [Peveril of the Peak] Reference

Elizabeth, widow of Thomas Lord Scrope, of Upsall, recommending his servant Sir Gilbert Talbot to her for a husband: but it not taking effect, he had many suits with her about her dowery.    From Wordnik.com.  [Collins's Peerage of England; Genealogical, Biographical, and Historical] Reference

Seduction and adultery were vices of rare occurrence; the bridegroom bestowed a dowery upon the bride, consisting of flocks, a horse ready bridled and saddled, a shield, a lance, and a sword.    From Wordnik.com.  [Female Scripture Biographies, Volume II] Reference

The Hall might be allowed to go to ruin; or, what would be better, when Sir Geoffrey's time came (for the good knight had seen service, and must be breaking now), the Hall would be a good dowery-house, to which my lady and.    From Wordnik.com.  [Peveril of the Peak] Reference

Meantime the miser was making preparations for the marriage ceremony, and the father of Isabelle had portioned out his daughter's dowery; when the lovers, finding themselves driven to extremity, took the resolution of escaping together from the city.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Life of Mansie Wauch tailor in Dalkeith] Reference

"But let me tell 'em, that though they can't see Him, He is there; and the lash of His righteous wrath will surely descend, not upon their bodies, but upon their guilty souls, teachin 'them how much more terrible it is to sell a life, with all its rich dowery of freedom, happiness, purity, immortality.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Sweet Cicely — or Josiah Allen as a Politician] Reference

A woman with a dowery is as sure of courtship and marriage, as of death and burial.    From Wordnik.com.  [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 340, February, 1844] Reference

For (said they) the dowery we receive from our fathers on our marriage goes to our husbands, who may squander it in one day if they like; and even the dresses we wear are not our own property, but are given us by our husbands. ".    From Wordnik.com.  [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 54, No. 338, December 1843] Reference

I'll pay the price the future belongs to me this is the time this is the hour the worlds our dowery the glory and the power is this what you want to see? is this the way you want things to be? things to be, things to be question authority ... ".    From Wordnik.com.  [nothing rhymes with "depth"] Reference

Languedoc for a dowery, I could not wed her.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ivanhoe] Reference

Because of dowery, you see.    From Wordnik.com.  [Oral History Interview with Guion Griffis Johnson, May 17, 1974. Interview G-0029-2. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)] Reference

Her dowery wealthy, and of worthy birth.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Taming of the Shrew] Reference

+ 'dowery'.    From Wordnik.com.  [united states of america constitutional signaturee gate] Reference