| 单词 | bride wealth |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbride wealth bride wealth n. a sum of money or quantity of goods given by the groom or his family to that of the bride.Cf. bride money n. and bride price n.Historically, the custom of paying bride wealth was a feature of numerous cultures. It continues today in parts of Africa, Asia, and the Middle East, and in some South Pacific Island societies. [Coined for the purposes of academic discussion by E. E. Evans-Pritchard (see quot. 1931).] ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > [noun] > for bride bride money1829 bride price1863 bride wealth1931 society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > wedding or nuptials > gifts and payments > [noun] > bride-price dower1382 dowry?a1505 marriage paymenta1652 bride price1863 mohar1863 lobola1905 bride wealth1931 kiddushin1936 1931 E. E. Evans-Pritchard in Man 31 36 There has been a considerable amount of discussion..about an alternative expression for ‘bride-price’... I may be excused for putting forward the term ‘bride-wealth’. 1965 K. E. Read High Valley ii. 78 I gathered that my ‘brother-in-law’ expected me to contribute three axes and four steel knives to the bride wealth of Guma'e. 2018 K. Sykes in C. Gregory & J. Altman Quest for Good Life in Precarious Times vi. 120 Many tales are told of trucks and household appliances being given as one-off payments of bride wealth. < as lemmas |
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