subarration
Meanings
noun
- The custom of betrothing by the bestowal, on the part of the man, of marriage gifts or tokens, such as money or rings, upon the woman.
Word forms
Etymology
From sub- + Latin arra, arrha (“earnest money”). See earnest (“a pledge”).
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