Sentence examples for the dowry of from inspiring English sources

in former times this third part was a sort of pledge for the security of the dowry of the wife.

The dowry of two televisions, two home theater sets, two refrigerators, two air-conditioners and one car was too cheap.

The site, the dowry of his wife, Mary Williams, was dominated by a high bluff and fell down to the Ashley in a long slope.

In 1662 it was transferred to the English crown as part of the dowry of Catherine of Braganza, wife of Charles II.

It came into the possession of King Leodegran of Carmelide, who gave it to Arthur as part of the dowry of his daughter Guinevere when she married Arthur.

Like all of Aquitaine, it passed to the English throne as the dowry of Eleanor of Aquitaine, when she married Henry Plantagenet Henry III).

Most of them relocated in northern Mali, where they had the opportunity to create links of kinship by marrying local women, the dowries of whom could be paid easily with the money made out of the abduction of European travellers (for whom hefty ransoms were usually paid) or drug-trafficking.

The Archduchess' dowry was agreed for 100,000 złoty's, the Emperor also promised to pay the dowries of both of Siegmund III's wives: Anna and Konstance.

Muirchertach was skilled in diplomacy, and negotiation with the dowries of his daughters may have been part of a political game.

The first part of the dowry for a bride used to be in gold liras and bracelets.

Following the arrival of" economic "liberalization in 1992, the dowry list of demands has become longer.