单词 | blood-wealth |
释义 | > as lemmasblood-wealth blood-wealth n. Cultural Anthropology money or goods paid as compensation for a murder. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > compensation > [noun] > for man's life > for murder kelchyn1609 feud-bote1681 blood-wealth1940 1940 E. E. Evans-Pritchard Nuer i. 20 The payments of bride-wealth and blood-wealth were forty, and sometimes fifty to sixty, head of cattle. 1988 Globe & Mail (Canada) (Nexis) 13 Aug. Belts of wampum were used as blood-wealth..or as gifts to potential wives. < as lemmas |
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