dotation
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
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. dot 2) + -iōn- -ion; replacing Middle English dotacioun < Anglo-French
Example Sentences
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The dotation of the President is enormous certainly, and I wish for his own sake it had been rather more moderate.
From The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Volume II by Sir Frederic G. (Frederic George) Kenyon
He was in the battles of Jena, Magdeburg, Friedland, &c., and after the latter received the title of Count, and a dotation of 80,000f.
From The International Monthly Magazine, Volume 5, No. 1, January, 1852 by Various
The dotation to the Duke of Orléans, on his marriage, would have saved from starvation hundreds of thousands whose claim for charity far exceeded his.
From Edmond Dantès by Edmund Flagg
On protest William receives Spain, Orange, and Nîmes, a sufficiently magnificent dotation, were it not that all three are in the power of the infidels.
From The Flourishing of Romance and the Rise of Allegory (Periods of European Literature, vol. II) by George Saintsbury
The dotation of the Peerage is inalienable, and cannot under any pretext whatever, be applied to any other purpose than that prescribed by the present law.
From Memoirs To Illustrate The History Of My Time Volume 1 by John William Cole
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