dotation

Napoleon allotted Chambord, as a "dotation," to one of his marshals, Berthier, for whose benefit it was converted, in

A Little Tour of France Henry James 1879

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

Edmond Dantès Edmund Flagg

God, his own personal unpopularity defeated the dotation designed for the Duke of Nemours.

Edmond Dantès Edmund Flagg

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.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy 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.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 13: Revelation-Stock 1840-1916 1913

Every one by nature hath -- a gift too, a dotation:

The Book of Humorous Verse Various 1902

The dotation of the President is enormous certainly, and I wish for his own sake it had been rather more moderate.

The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning Browning, Elizabeth B 1898

The first monthly payment of the national dotation, calculated to correspond with his civil list, was accepted.

The Liberation of Italy 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.

The Flourishing of Romance and the Rise of Allegory (Periods of European Literature, vol. II) 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.

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible 1871