dotal

dotal

English

Etymology

From Latin dotalis, from dos, dotis (“dowry”). Compare French dotal. See dot (“dowry”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdəʊtəl/

Adjective

dotal (not comparable)

1. Pertaining to dower, or a woman's marriage portion; constituting or comprised in dower.
   • 1717, Samuel Garth, Metamorphoses

     Shall I, of one poor dotal town poſſeſt,
     My people thin, my wretched country waſte

References

dotal in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

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French

Adjective

dotal (feminine dotale, masculine plural dotaux, feminine plural dotales)

1. dotal

Further reading

• “dotal”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.