Brideprice vs Dower - What's the difference?
brideprice | dower |
(legal) The part of or interest in a deceased husband's property provided to his widow, usually in the form of a life estate.
(legal) Property given by a groom directly to his bride at or before their wedding in order to legitimize the marriage.
* 1610 , , act 3 scene 1
(obsolete) That with which one is gifted or endowed; endowment; gift.
* Sir J. Davies
* Wordsworth
As nouns the difference between brideprice and dower
is that brideprice is while dower is (legal) the part of or interest in a deceased husband's property provided to his widow, usually in the form of a life estate.As a verb dower is
to give a dower or dowry.dower
English
Noun
(en noun)- How great, how plentiful, how rich a dower !
- Man in his primeval dower arrayed.
