dower

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dower

Summary

dower ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (238 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • dower's GND ID is recorded as 4728438-9[2].
  • dower's subclass of is recorded as money[3].
  • dower's subclass of is recorded as goods[4].
  • dower's subclass of is recorded as trousseau[5].
  • dower's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/08mszc[6].
  • dower's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[7].
  • dower's described by source is recorded as The Catholic Encyclopedia[8].
  • dower's described by source is recorded as The American Cyclopædia[9].
  • dower's different from is recorded as dowry[10].
  • dower's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2778240290[11].
  • dower's WordNet 3.1 Synset ID is recorded as 13286324-n[12].
  • dower's WordNet 3.1 Synset ID is recorded as 13285102-n[13].

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Works and Contributions

Things named for dower include morganatic marriage[14].

Why It Matters

dower ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (238 views/month).[1] dower has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15] dower is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

Entities named for dower include morganatic marriage[14].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] . Catholic Encyclopedia (1913)/Dower. wikidata.org.
  10. [11] . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] . GF WordNet. wikidata.org.
  12. [13] . GF WordNet. wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [14] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [16] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). dower. Retrieved April 10, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/dower
MLA “dower.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 10 Apr. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/dower.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_dower_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{dower}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/dower}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
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