paraphernalia
paraphernalia n. (1)妻子的个人财产 旧时丈夫在结婚前或婚姻期间给予妻子的衣服、首饰等财物，丈夫在生存期间对之有处分权，但不得以遗嘱处分。该财产在丈夫死后由妻子拥有。 (2)(=parapherna)
PARAPHERNALIA
paraphernalia
paraphernalia (par-[schwa]-f[schwa]r-nay-lee-[schwa]). Hist. Property that a wife was allowed to keep, in addition to her dowry, on the death of her husband. “[I]n one particular instance the wife may acquire a property in some of her husband’s goods: which shall remain to her after his death and not go to the executors. These are called