donatory

American  

[don-uh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee, doh-nuh-] / ˈdɒn əˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i, ˈdoʊ nə- /

noun

Chiefly Scots Law.

plural

donatories

1. a donee of the king, especially one given the right by the king to property obtained by escheat or forfeit.

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Etymology

Origin of donatory

1610–20; < Medieval Latin dōnātōrius, equivalent to Latin dōnā ( re ) ( see donation) + -tōrius -tory ¹

Example Sentences

The present writer possesses a copy of one of Walton’s Lives, that of Bishop Sanderson, with the author’s donatory inscription to a friend upon the title-page.

From The Complete Angler 1653 by Walton, Izaak

The donatory of the territory which included the bay of Bahia, started a town, but it was destroyed by Indians.

From The South American Republics Part I of II by Dawson, Thomas C.

Jorge de Figueiredo, Escrivam da Fazenda, was the first donatory of the captaincy Ilh�os, 140 m. south of Bahia.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" by Various