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单词 donatory
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donatory

[ don-uh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee, doh-nuh- ]
/ ˈdɒn əˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i, ˈdoʊ nə- /

noun, plural don·a·to·ries.Chiefly Scots Law.

a donee of the king, especially one given the right by the king to property obtained by escheat or forfeit.

Origin of donatory

1610–20; <Medieval Latin dōnātōrius, equivalent to Latin dōnā(re) (see donation) + -tōrius-tory1

Words nearby donatory

Donath-Landsteiner phenomenon, donation, donation land, Donatist, donative, donatory, Donatus, Donau, Donbass, Doncaster, donder
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Example sentences from the Web for donatory

  • In Scotland they were held to belong to the crown or its donatory, usually the sheriff of a county.

    Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 17, Slice 1|Various
  • On this island Francesco Pereira Coutinho, the first donatory, was killed by the savages.

    Journal of a Voyage to Brazil|Maria Graham
  • The donatory of the territory which included the bay of Bahia, started a town, but it was destroyed by Indians.

    The South American Republics Part I of II|Thomas C. Dawson
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