dotation
Definitions
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- noun The act of endowing a woman with a marriage portion.
- noun Endowment; establishment of funds for the support of some institution.
Examples
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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.
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The first monthly payment of the national dotation, calculated to correspond with his civil list, was accepted.
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William receives Spain, Orange, and Nîmes, a sufficiently magnificent dotation, were it not that all three are in the power of the infidels.
The Flourishing of Romance and the Rise of Allegory (Periods of European Literature, vol. II)
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The dotation of Persian queens consisted in consigning to them the revenue of certain cities, in various parts of the kingdom, for defraying their personal and domestic expenditure.
Note
The word 'dotation' comes from a Latin word meaning "to endow".
