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donatory
[ don-uh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee, doh-nuh- ]
/ ˈdɒn əˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i, ˈdoʊ nə- /
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noun, plural don·a·to·ries.Chiefly Scots Law.
a donee of the king, especially one given the right by the king to property obtained by escheat or forfeit.
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How to use donatory in a sentence
On this island Francesco Pereira Coutinho, the first donatory, was killed by the savages.
Journal of a Voyage to Brazil|Maria GrahamIn Scotland they were held to belong to the crown or its donatory, usually the sheriff of a county.
The donatory of the territory which included the bay of Bahia, started a town, but it was destroyed by Indians.
The South American Republics Part I of II|Thomas C. Dawson