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donary|ˈdəʊnərɪ|
[ad. L. dōnāri-um repository of offerings, offering, f. dōnum gift.]
A gift or donation; a votive offering.
1582N. T. (Rhem.) Luke xxi. 5 The Temple..was adorned with goodly stones and donaries. 1621Burton Anat. Mel. Democr. to Rdr. 57 Hospitals so built and maintained, not by collections, benevolences, donaries. 1699Bentley Phal. iii. 125 Were not Cups frequently among the Donaries presented to the Gods? 1700J. Brome Trav. Eng. & Scot. ii. (1707) 53 There have been several Donaries conferred upon it [College] both in Exhibitions and Scholar-ships. 1848Wharton Law Lex., Donary, a thing given to sacred uses. 1862F. Hall in Jrnl. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 7 The kings..granted away land..by way of local donaries. |