Furnish+with+a+dowry
1endow — v. a. 1. Furnish with a dowry, settle a dower upon. 2. Furnish with a fund, supply with means. 3. Enrich, endue, indue, invest, gift …
2Babylonian law — Archaeological material for the study of Babylonian law is singularly extensive. So called contracts exist in the thousands, including a great variety of deeds, conveyances, bonds, receipts, accounts, and most important of all, actual legal… …
3La Cousine Bette — infobox Book | name = Cousin Bette title orig = La Cousine Bette translator = image caption = Cover of 1965 Penguin Classics edition of La Cousine Bette ( Cousin Bette ) author = Honoré de Balzac illustrator = cover artist = country = France… …
4portion — portionable, adj. portionless, adj. /pawr sheuhn, pohr /, n. 1. a part of any whole, either separated from or integrated with it: I read a portion of the manuscript. 2. an amount of food served for one person; serving; helping: He took a large… …
5endow — en·dow /in dau̇/ vt [Anglo French endower, from Old French en , prefix stressing completion + douer to endow, from Latin dotare, from dot dos gift, dowry]: to furnish with income; esp: to make a grant of money providing for the continuing support …
6endow — transitive verb Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French endower, from en + dower, douer to endow, from Latin dotare, from dot , dos gift, dowry more at date Date: 14th century 1. to furnish with an income; especially to make a grant of money …
7portion — por•tion [[t]ˈpɔr ʃən, ˈpoʊr [/t]] n. 1) a part of a whole, either separated from or integrated with it; segment 2) an amount of food served to one person; serving; helping 3) the part of a whole allotted or belonging to a person or group; share… …
8portion — /ˈpɔʃən / (say pawshuhn) noun 1. a part of any whole, whether actually separated from it or not: a portion of the manuscript is illegible. 2. the part of a whole allotted to or belonging to a person or group; a share. 3. a quantity of food served …
9toch|er — «tokh uhr», noun, verb. Scottish. –n. a dowry. –v.t. to furnish with a tocher; dower. ╂[< early Scottish Gaelic and Middle Irish tochar dowry, portion < Old Irish to chuirim I assign] …
10Penitential Orders — • A general name for religious congregations whose members are bound to perform extraordinary works of penance, or to provide others with the means of atoning for grave faults. Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Penitential Orders …
