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dotation|dəʊˈteɪʃən|
[a. F. dotation, ad. L. dōtātiōn-em, n. of action f. dōtāre: see prec.]
The action of endowing; endowment.
c1380Wyclif Agst. Begg. Friers Sel. Wks. III. 513 Summe of hem receyven dymes and dotaciouns. c1450Mirour Saluacioun 4321 Haly sawles shal be dowed be treble dotacionne. 1562Winȝet Cert. Tractates iii. Wks. 1888 I. 24 Amang sa gret liberalitie, and ryche dotations maid in Scotland. 1605Bacon Adv. Learn. ii. Ded. §8. 3 This dedicating of Foundations and Dotations to professory Learning..hath..had a Maligne aspect, and influence upon the growth of Scyences. 1767Blackstone Comm. II. xviii. 269 The..most considerable dotations of religious houses. 1853Merivale Rom. Rep. ix. (1867) 261 The measure embraced..a general dotation of the poorer citizens. |