Usually means: Personal property brought into marriage.
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  1. parapherna: Merriam-Webster
  2. parapherna: Wordnik
  3. parapherna: Wiktionary
  4. Parapherna, parapherna: Dictionary.com
  5. Parapherna: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  6. parapherna: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  7. Parapherna: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  8. parapherna: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  9. parapherna: FreeDictionary.org
  10. Parapherna: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (parapherna)

▸ noun:  (law, historical, Ancient Rome) A woman's property which was not made a part of her marriage dower but remained her own.

Similar:
partheniad, pedarian, partheniac, puella aeterna, perpetuano, puella, perpet, pœnalty, pomoerium, parol, more...

Opposite:
antonym, contrary, reverse, counterpart

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Similar:
partheniad, pedarian, partheniac, puella aeterna, perpetuano, puella, perpet, pœnalty, pomoerium, parol, more...

Opposite:
antonym, contrary, reverse, counterpart



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