Plautus says: "The portionless wife is subject to her husband's will; wives with dowries are as executioners for their husbands.
And during his last illness the unfortunate duke announced his intention of giving dowries to a hundred poor maidens on his recovery, which affords another proof that his poverty was not so great as Corio has declared.
And that “these sums are to be counted as taking the place of dowries which would have accrued to them” (in case of marriage).
It is for the good of the state that women have their dowries inviolate.
In the United States, marriage dowries are of little importance.
To the demand that the dowriesof Catholic wives should not be confiscated, the dry response was that the laws should be observed.
With the goods of the slain and the dowries of their wives, Opimius built the Temple of Concord on the spot where the later one still stands in part, between the Comitium and the Capitol.
The Instauratio had contemplated the good of men "in the dowries of nature;" the Laws, their good "in society and the dowries of government.
Well, you know what young women's dowries are in these days, my dear Marchese.
For I have often assisted my friends and have shown substantial gratitude to many of my instructors, on more than one occasion going so far as to provide dowries for their daughters.
Thence the girls go out with dowries sufficient for the estate [of marriage] to which they naturally tend, for which purpose the holy Misericordia appropriates sixteen thousand pesos.
Thence go forth the girls with sufficient dowries for the estate [of marriage] to which they naturally tend--for which this Santa Misericordia applies the sum of sixteen thousand pesos.
He must necessarily contribute to the dowries of their children since he has signed their marriage contracts; he must necessarily enrich them since their profusion serves for the embellishment of his court.
They, however, heeded not my words; but married against my consent: yet I gave them dowries from my own property, and continued to them my protection.
But why discuss these matters like the squalid rich, who make their marriages a question of settlements and dowries and business arrangements?
The sordid moneyed class of England will haggle over bequests and settlements and dowries on their bridal eve, or by the coffins of their dead.
Then as to those whom you profit by, give them their dowries as appointed; and there is no blame on you about what you mutually agree after what is appointed; surely Allah is Knowing, Wise.
S: And give women their dowries as a free gift, but if they of themselves be pleased to give up to you a portion of it, then eat it with enjoyment and with wholesome result.
But what has the amount of your dowries to do with the matter?
The virgins of your land That have no dowries shall hope your example Will raise them to rich husbands.
The Governor and Bishop were recommended to consider the project of a refuge for young Spanish women arrived from Spain and Mexico, and to study the question of dowries for native women married to poor Spaniards.
In the matter of marriage dowries which fathers bestow upon their sons when they are about to be married, and half of which is given immediately, even when they are only children, there is a great deal more complexity.
Dowries are given by the men to the women's parents.
The practice of demanding dowries from those who wished to become nuns was strictly forbidden by the monastic rule and by canon law[67].
Anne of Brittany), and marrying her to Monsieur Louis with great dowries and states, whilst he keeps Brittany, since he has lost hope of having children by her, and he wants to marry my daughter Margaret.
Margaret, with her large dowries from Castile and Savoy, was now one of the richest princesses in Europe.
We want dowries for our daughters--they say we are always coming to the point: money, money!
Amidst this misery it is still the old Roman population which receives most help; they are known in their parishes, and the old established subsidies and dowries come their way.
Another gave dowries to deserving girls, and to this day the chapter of S.
That there be dowries so that Indian women may be married to poor Spaniards.
That dowries be established here, so that some women may be married every year.
Women should be brought from Spain, and provided with dowries, in order to become the wives of soldiers and workmen; and dowries should be provided for some native women, that they may marry poor Spaniards.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "dowries" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
