dotation

[ doh-tey-shuhn ]

/ doʊˈteɪ ʃən /

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noun

an endowment.

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Origin of dotation

1350–1400; <Latin dōtātiōn- (stem of dōtātiō), equivalent to dōtāt(us), past participle of dōtāre to provide a dowry for (derivative of dōs dowry; cf. dot²) + -iōn--ion; replacing Middle English dotacioun<Anglo-French

Words nearby dotation

Dostoevsky, Dostoyevsky, Feodor, dot, dotage, dotard, dotation, dot ball, dot-com, dotcommer, dot-coms, dote

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How to use dotation in a sentence

In spite of the huge dotation he received, the Marshal added this supposed slight to the many grudges he bore his master.
Napoleon's Marshals|R. P. Dunn-Pattison
The ground of the Poet, my dear Talboys, is an extraordinary dotation of sensibility—of course, ten thousand dangers.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol. 68, No 420, October 1850|Various
The dotation of the President is enormous certainly, and I wish for his own sake it had been rather more moderate.
The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Volume II|Elizabeth Barrett Browning
The first monthly payment of the national dotation, calculated to correspond with his civil list, was accepted.
The Liberation of Italy|Countess Evelyn Martinengo-Cesaresco

The Minister of Finance presented the bill asking for a dotation for the President.
Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. XI.--April, 1851--Vol. II.|Various

British Dictionary definitions for dotation

dotation

/ (dəʊˈteɪʃən) /

noun

law the act of giving a dowry; endowment

Word Origin for dotation

C14: from Latin dōtātiō, from dōtāre to endow

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