marriage portion
noun
Origin of marriage portion
1First recorded in 1760–70
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How to use marriage portion in a sentence
If she has not borne children to her later husband, the sons of her bridegroom shall take her marriage portion.
The Oldest Code of Laws in the World | Hammurabi, King of BabylonAccepting the property from Mr Heatherstone is receiving a favour, were it given as a marriage portion with his daughter.
The Children of the New Forest | Captain MarryatBesides, it was as much as the marriage-portion of six princesses of Wirtemberg.
A German Pompadour | Marie HayThey also forbade the women to lament for their relatives, and Licinia was deprived of her marriage portion.
Plutarch's Lives, Volume IV | Aubrey StewartTell me, Susan—I shall have a marriage-portion, shall I not?
Judith Shakespeare | William Black
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