dotationn.

Brit.

/də(ʊ)ˈteɪʃn/, U.S.

/doʊˈteɪʃ(ə)n/

Forms: Middle English dotacion, Middle English dotacioun, Middle English dotaciun, Middle English– dotation; Scottish pre-1700 dotacioun, pre-1700 dotacioune, pre-1700 dotation, pre-1700 dotatione, pre-1700 dotatioun, pre-1700 dotatyowne.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly (i) a borrowing from French. Partly (ii) a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French dotation, post-classical Latin dotation-, dotatio.

Etymology: < (i) Anglo-Norman and Middle French dotation, Middle French dotacion endowment (1325; French dotation ), and its etymon (ii) post-classical Latin dotation-, dotatio marriage settlement (from early 13th cent. in British sources), endowment (from 14th cent. in British (frequently) and continental sources) < classical Latin dōtāt- , past participial stem of dōtāre dote v.³ + -iō -ion suffix¹.Compare Catalan dotació, Spanish dotación (both 14th cent.), Italian dotazione (a1406).

Now chiefly historical.

1. Endowment, bestowal.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > transfer of property > settlement of property > [noun] > endowment

dotation1395

endowingc1440

endowmentc1460

dowment1528

12 Concl. Lollards (Trin. Hall Cambr.) in Eng. Hist. Rev. (1907) 22 299 (MED) It is lythli to trewe Crystis puple, þat þe founderes of þe almesse housis, for here uenimous dotaciun, ben for þe most part passid þe brode way.

1449–50 Rolls of Parl.: Henry VI (Electronic ed.) Parl. Nov. 1449 §53. m. 12 The cathedrall church of Seint Chedde of Lichefeld..which is of the fundation and dotation of oure noble progenitours.

1579 Expos. Certaine Difficult & Obscure Wordes sig. X.iij^v By reason of Dotation, for y^t they did endowe or give lands to the same for mayntenance thereof.

1705 W. Forbes Treat. Church-lands & Tithes i. iv.55 When we say, that a Right of Patronage is acquir'd by Dotation, that is to be understood of a competent Endowment.

1994 P. L. Reynolds Marriage in Western Church i. 7 Dotation (in this case a gift from the suitor to his wife-to-be) was an essential component of betrothal in Germanic law.

2. An endowment, a bequest, a grant.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > transfer of property > settlement of property > [noun] > endowment > an endowment

dotation?c1430

foundationc1460

endowage?1529

feoffment1561

endowment1597

indument1602

by-foundation1655

?c1430 (?1382) J. Wyclif Sel. Eng. Wks. (1871) III. 513 (MED) Summe of hem receyven dymes and dotaciouns.

1562 N. Winȝet Certain Tractates (1888) I. 24 Amang sa gret liberalitie, and ryche dotations maid in Scotland.

1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning ii. sig. Aa3^v This dedicating of Foundations and Dotations to professory Learning, hath..had a Maligne aspect, and influence vpon the growth of Scyences.

1766 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. II. xviii. 269 The..most considerable dotations of religious houses.

1815 Times 17 Aug. 3/3 The mothers, the wives, and the sisters..who came to demand dotations for their sons, their husbands, their brothers.

1853 C. Merivale Fall Rom. Republic ix. 261 The measure embraced..a general dotation of the poorer citizens.

2012 T. M. Berez Building Socialist Germany (Ph.D. diss., John Hopkins Univ.) v. 335 The awarding of honorary memberships was accompanied by the unlawful dispensation of annual dotations.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	dotation
释义	dotationn. Brit. /də(ʊ)ˈteɪʃn/, U.S. /doʊˈteɪʃ(ə)n/ Forms: Middle English dotacion, Middle English dotacioun, Middle English dotaciun, Middle English– dotation; Scottish pre-1700 dotacioun, pre-1700 dotacioune, pre-1700 dotation, pre-1700 dotatione, pre-1700 dotatioun, pre-1700 dotatyowne. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly (i) a borrowing from French. Partly (ii) a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French dotation, post-classical Latin dotation-, dotatio. Etymology: < (i) Anglo-Norman and Middle French dotation, Middle French dotacion endowment (1325; French dotation ), and its etymon (ii) post-classical Latin dotation-, dotatio marriage settlement (from early 13th cent. in British sources), endowment (from 14th cent. in British (frequently) and continental sources) < classical Latin dōtāt- , past participial stem of dōtāre dote v.³ + -iō -ion suffix¹.Compare Catalan dotació, Spanish dotación (both 14th cent.), Italian dotazione (a1406). Now chiefly historical. 1. Endowment, bestowal. ΘΚΠ society > law > transfer of property > settlement of property > [noun] > endowment dotation1395 endowingc1440 endowmentc1460 dowment1528 12 Concl. Lollards (Trin. Hall Cambr.) in Eng. Hist. Rev. (1907) 22 299 (MED) It is lythli to trewe Crystis puple, þat þe founderes of þe almesse housis, for here uenimous dotaciun, ben for þe most part passid þe brode way. 1449–50 Rolls of Parl.: Henry VI (Electronic ed.) Parl. Nov. 1449 §53. m. 12 The cathedrall church of Seint Chedde of Lichefeld..which is of the fundation and dotation of oure noble progenitours. 1579 Expos. Certaine Difficult & Obscure Wordes sig. X.iij^v By reason of Dotation, for y^t they did endowe or give lands to the same for mayntenance thereof. 1705 W. Forbes Treat. Church-lands & Tithes i. iv.55 When we say, that a Right of Patronage is acquir'd by Dotation, that is to be understood of a competent Endowment. 1994 P. L. Reynolds Marriage in Western Church i. 7 Dotation (in this case a gift from the suitor to his wife-to-be) was an essential component of betrothal in Germanic law. 2. An endowment, a bequest, a grant. ΘΚΠ society > law > transfer of property > settlement of property > [noun] > endowment > an endowment dotation?c1430 foundationc1460 endowage?1529 feoffment1561 endowment1597 indument1602 by-foundation1655 ?c1430 (?1382) J. Wyclif Sel. Eng. Wks. (1871) III. 513 (MED) Summe of hem receyven dymes and dotaciouns. 1562 N. Winȝet Certain Tractates (1888) I. 24 Amang sa gret liberalitie, and ryche dotations maid in Scotland. 1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning ii. sig. Aa3^v This dedicating of Foundations and Dotations to professory Learning, hath..had a Maligne aspect, and influence vpon the growth of Scyences. View more context for this quotation 1766 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. II. xviii. 269 The..most considerable dotations of religious houses. 1815 Times 17 Aug. 3/3 The mothers, the wives, and the sisters..who came to demand dotations for their sons, their husbands, their brothers. 1853 C. Merivale Fall Rom. Republic ix. 261 The measure embraced..a general dotation of the poorer citizens. 2012 T. M. Berez Building Socialist Germany (Ph.D. diss., John Hopkins Univ.) v. 335 The awarding of honorary memberships was accompanied by the unlawful dispensation of annual dotations. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1395
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