Dotation

[dәu'teiʃәn]

(n.) The act of endowing, or bestowing a marriage portion on a woman.

(n.) Endowment; establishment of funds for support, as of a hospital or eleemosynary corporation.

Edited by Dorothy

n. the act of bestowing a dowry on a woman: an endowment.—n. Dot a marriage portion.—adj. Dō′tal pertaining to dowry or to dower.

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