OXFORD 9000
📚 adj • entry_id 11679

uxorial

/ʌkˈsɔː.ɹɪ.əl/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
uxorio
Of or pertaining to a wife, or her genes or relatives.
So that it appears, that while the man [of Ancient Greece or Rome] might, with impunity, prostitute his wife to all his connexions, the beautiful but enslaved victim was to be puni…
To marry with bridewealth is known as kukwa, and this form of union involves the allocation of both uxorial and genetricial rights to the husband. He is entitled to compensation in…
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