adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective

1. 1
   Pertaining to dower, or a woman's marriage portion; constituting or comprised in dower. not-comparable

   "Shall I, of one poor dotal town poſſeſt, My people thin, my wretched country waſte"

Synonyms

All synonyms

endowedinvestedstipendiarysubsidiary

Example

More examples

"Shall I, of one poor dotal town poſſeſt, My people thin, my wretched country waſte"

Etymology

From Latin dotalis, from dos, dotis (“dowry”). Compare French dotal. See dot (“dowry”).

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.