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jointure   (TTS Sound)

The noun jointure has 2 senses

• jointure, legal jointure -- ((law) an estate secured to a prospective wife as a marriage settlement in lieu of a dower)


• union, unification, uniting, conjugation, jointure -- (the act of making or becoming a single unit; "the union of opposing factions"; "he looked forward to the unification of his family for the holidays")