Mahr vs Dower - What's the difference?
mahr | dower |
(Islam) A mandatory gift from the groom to the bride upon marriage in Islamic cultures.
(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 mahr and dower
is that mahr is a mandatory gift from the groom to the bride upon marriage in Islamic cultures while dower is 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.mahr
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(wikipedia mahr) (-)Anagrams
*dower
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(en noun)- How great, how plentiful, how rich a dower !
- Man in his primeval dower arrayed.
