单词 | brideservice |
释义 | > as lemmasbrideservice brideservice n. labour performed by a prospective groom or newly-wed husband for the family of the bride.Brideservice is practised in parts of Africa and by some indigenous peoples of the Americas, esp. where there is limited ownership of private property. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > wedding or nuptials > [noun] > manner of marrying > bride-purchase > by labour brideservice1920 1920 R. H. Lowie Primitive Society viii. 200 If the Chukchi had conceived woman as a purchasable commodity, they would have substituted reindeer for bride-service. 1978 J.-P. Dumont Headman & I vii. 113 A year or two later, Marquito had finished his bride-service to Rufo.., and any further obligation was obviated by his father-in-law's opportune death. 2012 Afr. Stud. Rev. 55 102 More common among peasant farmers was the exchange of brideservice, or gifts of hoes, goats, or other small items that did not require a counter-gift. < as lemmas |
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