Religious Dower

Religious Dower

A Religious Dower was the sum of money or property that a nun brought for her maintenance into the convent where she was to make her profession.[1]

References

  1. ^  "Religious Dower". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. 1913. 

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed (1913). Catholic Encyclopedia. Robert Appleton Company. 


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