Dotation

Napoleon allotted Chambord, as a "dotation," to one of his marshals, Berthier, for whose benefit it was converted, in ❋ Henry James (1879)

God, his own personal unpopularity defeated the dotation designed for the Duke of Nemours. ❋ Edmund Flagg (N/A)

The appanages grasped by himself -- the dotation and bridal outfit of the Duke of Orléans -- the dotation sought for the Duke of Nemours, and his appointment as Regent during the minority of the Count of Paris -- the ❋ Edmund Flagg (N/A)

Ketteler, and, after his death, the see was left vacant in consequence of the attitude of the government, the payment of the episcopal dotation was suspended in 1880 and numerous parishes (about one fourth) left without a pastor. ❋ 1840-1916 (1913)

King of Portugal, to be the first bishop of Saint Thomas of Mylapur, and granted Philip and his heirs and successors in perpetuity the right of patronage and presentation to the see, and the benefices that might be created therein, by the mere facts of their creation and dotation. ❋ 1840-1916 (1913)

Every one by nature hath -- a gift too, a dotation: ❋ Various (1902)

The dotation of the President is enormous certainly, and I wish for his own sake it had been rather more moderate. ❋ Browning, Elizabeth B (1898)

The first monthly payment of the national dotation, calculated to correspond with his civil list, was accepted. ❋ Countess Evelyn Martinengo-Cesaresco (1891)

William receives Spain, Orange, and Nîmes, a sufficiently magnificent dotation, were it not that all three are in the power of the infidels. ❋ George Saintsbury (1889)

The dotation of Persian queens consisted in consigning to them the revenue of certain cities, in various parts of the kingdom, for defraying their personal and domestic expenditure. ❋ Unknown (1871)

It is but a question of dotation, and a selection from one or two monosyllables. ' ❋ George Meredith (1868)

The interview ended with a dotation from Col. Suttle ❋ Unknown (1856)

One thousand pounds amply sufficed for dotation to the convent: the other four thousand pounds are given in trust to the eminent notary, M. Nadaud, Rue -------. ❋ Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton (1838)

The dotation of the Peerage is inalienable, and cannot under any pretext whatever, be applied to any other purpose than that prescribed by the present law. ❋ John William Cole (1830)

By means of this dotation, these expenses cease to be charged to the ❋ John William Cole (1830)

Budget of the State, and the domains, rents, and property of every kind, proceeding from the dotation of the former Senate, except the Palace of the Luxembourg and its dependencies, are reunited to the property of the ❋ John William Cole (1830)