| 单词 | bride purchase |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbride purchase bride purchase n. something given as a bride price; (also) the act of exchanging money or goods for a bride, or the social system in which this occurs. [With reference to the ancient Germanic peoples (compare quot. a1860, and also quot. 1876 for bride price n.) compare Old Icelandic brúðkaup marriage, wedding feast, lit. ‘bride buying’, and Old English use of bycgan buy v. with reference to the payment of a bride price (in two early law codes).] ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > wedding or nuptials > [noun] > manner of marrying > bride-purchase bride purchasea1860 wife-purchase1862 lobola1897 a1860 T. Smith Arminius (1861) ii. v. 316 Hermanfried, one of the Thuringian kings..had presented to the Ostrogoth, apparently as bride-purchase, a number of white Thuringian horses. 1936 Anthropos 31 622 There is no bride purchase but a mutual exchange of gifts. 2004 C. McCarthy Marriage in Medieval Eng. ii. 52 ‘Bride purchase’..implies a patriarchal society where women are given by fathers to husbands, with the payment of money marking the transfer of authority. < as lemmas |
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