单词 | re-endowment |
释义 | re-endowmentn. Renewed endowment; esp. the action or fact of re-endowing an institution with money. Also: an instance of this. ΘΚΠ society > law > transfer of property > settlement of property > [noun] > endowment > renewed re-endowment1793 1793 Gentleman's Mag. Mar. 284/1 The re-endowment and repair of this church by her grace's ancestors was recorded by one of Mr. C's predecessors. 1802 Gentleman's Mag. Jan. 51/2 The first step towards a re-endowment of this poor neglected foundation was a rent charge of 1 l. per annum. 1869 Spectator 24 July 861/1 Re-endowment even with half a million is re-endowment. 1884 Manch. Weekly Times 11 Oct. 4/6 A re-endowment of the Protestant denomination. 1943 Times 6 Mar. 5/3 Only a large-scale re-endowment can enable the Church to perform efficiently those immense, and immensely important tasks which await it in the near future. 1987 J. Ball & W. Ball Stockport Grammar School 1487–1987 (BNC) 42 Considering the recent re-endowment of the School..we have much pleasure in reporting that the result of this first public examination was very satisfactory. 2007 Bromsgrove Advertiser (Nexis) 1 Aug. (Round-up section) Every year Bromsgrove School celebrates its re-endowment by Sir Thomas Cookes with a special service held at the parish church of St John's. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1793 |
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