† endowryn.
Obsolete. rare.
= dowry n.
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society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > wedding or nuptials > gifts and payments > [noun] > dowry
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tocher1496
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fortune1702
dot1822
1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. cxvi. 139 Johane, eldest daughter to the duke of Brabant..went to the lande of Buyche, the which was her endowrie.
a1533 Ld. Berners tr. Arthur of Brytayn (?1560) xii. sig. Biiv Ye shall gyue to Perron your wyfe this nyght ye chartes of her endowry.
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