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bestowment|bɪˈstəʊmənt|
[f. bestow v. + -ment.]
1. The action of bestowing; bestowal.
1754Edwards Freed. Will iv. v. (ed. 4) 314 God's bestowment of the benefit. 1871Browning Balaust. 1536 Such things as bear bestowment, those thou hast.
2. concr. That which is conferred; a gift.
1837–40Haliburton Clockm. (1862) 118. 1856 R. Vaughan Mystics iii. iv. (1860) I. 81 Angels and Archangels have at their command only subordinate bestowments. |