单词 | donation |
释义 | donationn. 1. a. The action or faculty of giving or presenting; presentation, bestowal; grant. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > giving > [noun] givec1275 gifta1300 giving13.. donationc1425 gifture1503 rendering1523 donature1629 c1425 Wyntoun Cron. v. xii. 1207 Ðe kyng..Mad til Saynct Serf donatyowne Of þat Inch. c1525 (title) A Treatyse of the donation or gyfte and endowment of possessyons, gyuen and graunted vnto Sylvester pope of Rhome, by Constantyne. 1597 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie v. lxii. 149 The grace of Baptisme commeth by donation from God alone. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost xii. 69 That right we hold By his donation . View more context for this quotation 1894 J. T. Fowler in St. Adamnan Vita S. Columbae Introd. 65 Who..made to him a donation of the island of Iona. b. spec. The action or right of bestowing or conferring a benefice; the ‘gift’. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > benefice > advowson > [noun] vowson1297 advowsonc1300 advocationa1325 presentationa1325 presentmenta1325 collationc1380 patronage1395 advowryc1460 avowrya1475 advowsonage1528 voisom1538 advowsante1539 donation1540 advowsement1590 beneficial1591 collating1642 advowsance1655 advocacy1711 advocateship1753 1540 Act 32 Hen. VIII c. 44 The aduouson, donacion and presentacion of the said vicarage shall apperteyn..to the kynges hyghnesse. 1735 J. Swift Humble Addr. to Parl. in Wks. IV. 230 Many principal Church Livings, are in the Donation of the Crown. 1785 W. Paley Moral & Polit. Philos. (1818) II. 222 The offices in the donation of the king. 2. Law. The action or contract by which a person transfers the ownership of a thing from himself to another, as a free gift. ΘΚΠ society > law > transfer of property > types of transfer > [noun] > transference without consideration giftc1471 donation1651 1651 W. G. tr. J. Cowell Inst. Lawes Eng. 106 In Lands..A Feoffment is of a Fee simple to the Donee or Feoffee, and a Donation or Gift is of an Estate taile. 1765 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. I. (1793) iii. 264 King William, queen Mary, and queen Anne, did not take the crown by hereditary right or descent, but by way of donation or purchase, as the lawyers call it. 1818 W. Cruise Digest Laws Eng. Real Prop. (ed. 2) I. 5 A feud was a tract of land held by a voluntary and gratuitous donation, on condition of fidelity and certain services. 3. That which is presented; a gift. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > giving > gift or present > [noun] givec888 lakeOE presentc1230 giftc1275 garrison1297 benefit1377 beneficec1380 givinga1382 handsela1393 donativec1430 oblation1433 propine1448 presentationc1460 don1524 sportule1538 premie?1548 first penny1557 donation1577 exhibition1579 donary1582 fairing1584 merced1589 gifture1592 meed1613 recado1615 regalo1622 regale1649 dation1656 compliment1702 dashee1705 dash1788 cadeau1808 bestowment1837 potlatch1844 prez.1919 Harry Freeman's1925 pressie1933 1577 H. I. tr. H. Bullinger 50 Godlie Serm. III. v. vi. sig. Kkkk.iiij/1 They had a donation giuen vnto ech of them as it were a pledge or earnest. 1629 W. Prynne Church of Englands Old Antithesis 82 It makes..all other graces..not the meere donations or free gifts of God. 1757 tr. J. G. Keyssler Trav. III. 38 All the gifts and donations..amounted to no more than six thousand ducats. 1895 Daily News 5 Dec. 3/6 The commissioners had anticipated that the donations would fall off. Compounds donation act n. U.S. (see quot.) ΚΠ 1894 Congr. Rec. 17 July 7572/2 Certain lands disposed of under the act of Congress approved Sept. 27, 1850, and the acts amendatory and supplemented thereto,..commonly known as the ‘donation act’. donation-governor n. a person constituted a governor of an institution in consideration of a donation to its funds. ΚΠ 1894 Daily News 13 July 7/4 Preference to candidates recommended by a Donation Governor. donation party n. ΚΠ 1845 S. Judd Margaret ii. v. 290 One day there was a donation party at our house. 1860 J. R. Bartlett Dict. Americanisms (ed. 3) Donation Party, a party consisting of the friends and parishioners of a country clergyman assembled together, each individual bringing some article..as a present to him..also called a giving party. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < n.c1425 |
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