noun
Meaning 1
A joining; a joint.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
jointure
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Pronunciation
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/ˈdʒɔɪn.t͡ʃə(ɹ)/
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noun
Meaning 2
An estate settled on a wife, which she is to enjoy after her husband's death, for her own life at least, in satisfaction of dower.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: law
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
To settle a jointure upon.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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noun
Meaning 4
the act of making or becoming a single unit
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the union of opposing factions
- he looked forward to the unification of his family for the holidays
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: union, unification, uniting, conjugation
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: combination, combining, compounding
Narrower terms: coalescence, coalescency, coalition, concretion, conglutination, reunion, reunification, tribalization, tribalisation, umbrella
noun
Meaning 5
(law) an estate secured to a prospective wife as a marriage settlement in lieu of a dower
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: legal jointure
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: estate
History
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English joynture, from Old French jointure, from Latin iūnctūra. Doublet of juncture.