jointure

Speech parts

1. jointure - Noun

2. jointure - Verb

Meaning

A joining; a joint.

An estate settled on a wife, which she is to enjoy after husband's decease, for her own life at least, in satisfaction of dower.

To settle a jointure upon.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

union unification conjugation uniting legal jointure brotherhood marriage fusion meeting combination connection join joint estate bond
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Antonyms

fork division malice divorce gap isolation
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Hypernyms

combination estate combining compounding

Hyponyms

coalition reunion umbrella reunification coalescence concretion

Derivatives

jointured jointuring

Examples

Mrs. Jennings was a widow, with an ample jointure. She had only two daughters, both of whom she had lived to see respectably married, and she had now therefore nothing to do but to marry all the rest of the world. Jane Austen

the union of opposing factions Source: Internet

he looked forward to the unification of his family for the holidays Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

jointly with jointness jointress jointured jointureless jointuress