单词 | donative |
释义 | donativeadj.n. A. adj. 1. Characterized by being given or presented; of the nature of a donation: esp. of a benefice: Vesting or vested by donation; opposed to presentative adj. and n. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > giving > [adjective] > given > characterized by being given donative1559 dative1596 society > faith > worship > benefice > kinds of benefice > [adjective] > donative donative1559 1559 in J. Strype Ann. Reformation (1725) I. App. viii. 22 Foundations of free-chappels, and other howses ecclesiastical by the kings lycence, to be donatyve and not presentatyve. 1610 J. Guillim Display of Heraldrie vi. iii. 260 To these donatiue augmentations of Armes I will adde certaine Armes Assumptiue. 1765 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. I. xi. 382 The deanery is donative, and the installation merely by the king's letters patent. 1875 Bp. Magee in Parl. 1 June The holder of a donative living owes no obedience to his diocesan. B. n. 1. A donation, gift, present; esp. one given formally or officially, as a largess or bounty. 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 c1430 J. Lydgate Ballad Our Lady xi O mirthe of martyrs, sweter then Sitole of Confessours also richest donatife. 1581 J. Bell tr. W. Haddon & J. Foxe Against Jerome Osorius 361 b The Graunt, & Donative of Ludovicus Pius. 1593 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie ii. v. 108 The Romane Emperors custome was at certaine solemne times to bestowe on his souldiers a Donatiue. 1599 T. Nashe Lenten Stuffe 11 The deuout oblations and donatiues [printed douatines] of the fishermen. 1728 J. Morgan Compl. Hist. Algiers I. v. 313 Francis I gave the Grand Master a Royal Reception, accompanied with a Princely Donative. 1843 J. Martineau Endeavours Christian Life I. xvi. 236 [Christ] ranked the widow's mite above the vast donatives of vanity. 2. spec. A benefice which the founder or patron can bestow without presentation to or investment by the ordinary. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > benefice > kinds of benefice > [noun] > donative donative1564 1564 W. Bullein Dialogue against Fever Pestilence f. 62 He would fain haue a benefice or personage of some pretie donatiue; he cannot get it at the Bishoppes handes. 1686 R. Plot Nat. Hist. Staffs. viii. 297 The King can create or found a Donative exempt from the visitation of the ordinary. 1772 Warton & Huddesford Life Hearne 26 He was presented to the Donative or Curacy of Elsfield near Oxford. 1877 J. C. Cox Notes on Churches of Derbyshire III. 84 This living was a donative, from the dissolution of the monasteries to the first year of Anne. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > benefice > advowson > [noun] > one who is presented to benefice with postulate1497 presentee1576 donative1651 collatee1703 patronee1807 1651 N. Bacon Contin. Hist. Disc. Govt. 218 In their originall, Bishops were meerely Donatives from the Crowne, being invested by delivery of the Ring and pastoral staffe. Derivatives ˈdonatively adv. by way of a donation. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > giving > [adverb] donatively1827 1827 G. S. Faber Origin Expiat. Sacrifice ii. iii. 64 Donatively presenting..sacrifices and vows and libations. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.c1430 |
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