donatory
Americannoun
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donatories
plural
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Etymology
Origin of donatory
1610–20; < Medieval Latin dōnātōrius, equivalent to Latin dōnā ( re ) ( see donation) + -tōrius -tory 1
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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 Izaak Walton
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 Thomas C. Dawson
The donatories of the captaincies in that region had not succeeded in establishing any settlements.
From The South American Republics Part I of II by Thomas C. Dawson
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