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JOINTURE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of making or becoming a single unit
Example:
he looked forward to the unification of his family for the holidays
Synonyms:
conjugation; jointure; unification; union; uniting
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("jointure" is a kind of...):
combination; combining; compounding (the act of combining things to form a new whole)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "jointure"):
coalescence; coalescency; coalition; concretion; conglutination (the union of diverse things into one body or form or group; the growing together of parts)
reunification; reunion (the act of coming together again)
tribalisation; tribalization (the act of making tribal; unification on a tribal basis)
umbrella (having the function of uniting a group of similar things)
Derivation:
join (be or become joined or united or linked)
Sense 2
Meaning:
(law) an estate secured to a prospective wife as a marriage settlement in lieu of a dower
Synonyms:
jointure; legal jointure
Classified under:
Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession
Hypernyms ("jointure" is a kind of...):
estate (everything you own; all of your assets (whether real property or personal property) and liabilities)
Domain category:
jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)
