bridewealths
bridewealths is the plural of bridewealth.
Meaning of bridewealth
Noun
bridewealth (plural bridewealths)
- Synonym of bride price.
- Textiles on Sumba are both clothing and the currency of traditional ceremonial exchange: Many fine folded cloths must be presented at each marriage as part of a counterpayment for a bridewealth paid in horses, buffalo, and gold, and at each funeral as a sign of mourning and later also a...2008, Jan Mrázek, Morgan Pitelka, What's the Use of Art?: Asian Visual and Material Culture in Context, →ISBN
- Synonyms:
- bride price
Questions about bridewealths
- What is bridewealths the plural of?
- Bridewealths is the plural of bridewealth.
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