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paraphernals

paraphernals noun: synonym of paraphernalia (“married woman’s property besides her dowry”).

Noun

paraphernals pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only, rare) Synonym of paraphernalia (“married woman’s property besides her dowry”).
    • […] the said John Lindsay became obliged to restore all things he got with his wife or she brought with her to the said Allexander Cochrane, her father, and the other pursuers, her brethren, and to put everything in the same condition as it was before the marriage, and she haven taken with her the...1724 June, “Outfit and Tocher of a Farmer’s Daughter, 1724”, in William Hector, compiler, Selections from the Judicial Records of Renfrewshire. Illustrative of the Administration of the Laws in the...
    • “[…] Get ready thy marriage gear, love, and lay aside thy maiden blushes, which can aid thee as little in capturing a husband as Bruce’s backwardness in the taking of Perth.” / “The Governor hath not claimed me, father,” replied Anne, hesitatingly. “He hath not called here since the money was paid...1839, “The Siege of Perth”, in Wilson’s Historical, Traditionary, and Imaginative Tales of the Borders, and of Scotland: […], volume V, number 209, London: E. T. Brain & Co., […]; New York, N.Y.: R....
    Synonyms:
    paraphernalia

Examples of paraphernals in a sentence

  • Go and assign thee thy appurtenances and paraphernals.”1839, “The Siege of Perth”, in Wilson’s Historical, Traditionary, and Imaginative Tales of the Borders, and of Scotland: […], volume V...
  • ASSENT. / of husband to wife’s acts as agent or trustee, § 32. / of husband not necessary to wife’s contracts, when, §§ 45, 49. / to wife’s alienation of her paraphernals, § 94.1901, Ocie Speer, “Index”, in A Treatise on the Law of Married Women in Texas, Including Marriage, Divorce, Homestead, and Administration...

Synonyms of paraphernals

Origin of paraphernals

From Middle French parapharnelz. By surface analysis, paraphernal + -s. Attested since the early 1500s, whereas the adjective paraphernal since the late 1700s.

Questions about paraphernals

What does paraphernals mean?
Paraphernals means synonym of paraphernalia (“married woman’s property besides her dowry”).
How do you use paraphernals in a sentence?
Go and assign thee thy appurtenances and paraphernals.”
What part of speech is paraphernals?
Paraphernals is a noun.

Words near paraphernals in the dictionary

  1. paraphenylenediamines
  2. parapherna
  3. paraphernal
  4. paraphernalia
  5. paraphernalian
  6. paraphernals
  7. parapheromone
  8. parapheromones
  9. paraphia
  10. paraphilately
  11. paraphile

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