marriage portion's Usage Examples:

Anne brought with her a marriage portion of £10,000 and estates in Glamorganshire.

Guru Ji 23 June – Bombay is given to Charles II of England as the marriage portion of Catherine of Portugal.

Flitt was parcel of the manor of Luton, and formed part of the marriage portion of Eleanor, sister of Henry III and wife of William Marshall.

has been promised between us, provided your father gives with you a marriage portion of 1000 Reichsthalers" (approximately 20 kg of silver).

died before a divorce could be sought and she fought to receive her marriage portion.

The Annals of Loch Cé note that she gave "a half-bally of her marriage portion, i.

promised in their conjugal contract that he would grant 5,000 pounds as marriage portion to Beatrice and Beatrice would also receive 1,000 pounds as her annual.

Queen Maud, gave the manor of Ickleton, Cambridgeshire, as Euphemia"s marriage portion.

After losing in business the marriage portion given him by his father-in-law, he went with his wife and four children.

As part of her marriage portion went the lands of Nithsdale in south-western Scotland, Herbertshire.

As a marriage portion, he gave her the Manor of Cleydon, Buckinghamshire.

due to not being able to pay second wife’s “Mehrieh” (the bride’s marriage portion).

Synonyms:

spousal relationship, cuckoldom, endogamy, matrimony, marriage of convenience, polygamy, monogamousness, misalliance, monogamy, union, inmarriage, exogamy, common-law marriage, monandry, open marriage, bigamy, sigeh, wedlock, marital status, intermarriage,

Antonyms:

endogamy, exogamy, refrain, parent, child,