Cattlewealth
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Cattlewealth is a noun meaning Wealth measured in the number of cattle owned.
Meaning
Wealth measured in the number of cattle owned.
Example Sentences
To Dinka youth, cattlewealth has an aesthetic significance far above its material value.
The cattlewealth seems to be related partly to the amount of land possessed by the groups and partly to their respective emphasis on the types of economy.
Since everything, therefore, depends on the groom’s cattlewealth (meaning by this both the animals he actually possesses and those he can obtain from relatives and friends), it follows that actual bridewealth payments vary in amount.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include cattle, neat, cattlebeast, cattledom, cattlewoman, cattleman.
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