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dowement (c.1290)
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dowement (c.1290)

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douement,  douwement,  dowment  (douvement (l. dowement)  Cal Anc Pet 521)  
  FEW:  dotare 3,148b Gdf:  doement 2,734c GdfC: ∅ TL: döement 2,1983 DEAF:  doër (doement)  DMF:  douement  TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅

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lawendowment: 
( c.1290 )  Alice [...] n’est pas femme R. de qi douement ele cleime, kar ele ne fut unques a ly par leal matrimoine couplee  Fet assaver 165
( MS: s.xiv1/4 )  Cristiene, ke les terres tient en dowere del dowement le dit W., jadis son baroun avantdit  Nov Narr 92
( 1319 )  tindrent en dowere del dowement J. de Paris  YBB Ed II xxv 117
( 1377 )  quele manoir ele tient en dower del dowement soun dit baron  Lib Cust 463
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