"uxorial" meaning in All languages combined

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          "text": "To marry with bridewealth is known as kukwa, and this form of union involves the allocation of both uxorial and genetricial rights to the husband. He is entitled to compensation in the case of adultery and he both receives and pays the bridewealth for his sons and daughters.",
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          "text": "If none of the male relatives by blood could attend the funeral, then the paternal relatives by marriage (nasab), the benefactor (al-mawlā al-mun‘im) or his closest kinsman, the male relatives on the maternal side (dhawū arḥāmihi), and male strangers all vied for power [to lead in prayer]. In commanding this ritual, agnatic kinsmen outranked maternal and uxorial kinsmen.",
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to a wife",
      "word": "uxorio"
    },
    {
      "alt": "つまの",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "tsumano",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to a wife",
      "word": "妻の"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to a wife",
      "word": "uxōrius"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to a wife",
      "word": "uxório"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to a wife",
      "word": "uxoriano"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to a wife",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "supružinski"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to a wife",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "uxorio"
    }
  ],
  "word": "uxorial"
}