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Webster 1913 Edition
Dotation
Do-ta′tion
,Noun.
1.
The act of endowing, or bestowing a marriage portion on a woman.
2.
Endowment; establishment of funds for support, as of a hospital or eleemosynary corporation.
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Webster 1828 Edition
Dotation
DOTATION
,Noun.
1.
The act of endowing, or of bestowing a marriage portion on a woman.2.
Endowment; establishment of funds for support; as of a hospital or eleemosynary corporation.Definition 2024
dotation
dotation
English
Noun
dotation (plural dotations)
- The act of endowing, or bestowing a marriage portion on a woman.
- Endowment; establishment of funds for support, as of a hospital or eleemosynary corporation.
- As to eleemosynary corporations, by the dotation the founder and his heirs are of common right the legal visitors...