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noun

Donation n.

The act of giving or bestowing; a grant. "After donation there is an absolute change and alienation of the property of the thing given."

That which is given as a present; that which is transferred to another gratuitously; a gift. "And some donation freely to estate On the bless'd lovers."

(Law) The act or contract by which a person voluntarily transfers the title to a thing of which be is the owner, from himself to another, without any consideration, as a free gift.

Donation party, a party assembled at the house of some one, as of a clergyman, each one bringing some present. (U.S.)

Synonyms: Gift; present; benefaction; grant. See Gift.

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"Donation" Quotes from Famous Books

... her road home, had given the modest offerings of the anchorite Phibis into the charge of one of the temple-servants to lay before the altar of Serapis, and now as she came into the room she hid the platter with the Roman's donation behind her, and while still in the doorway, ...

— Uarda • Georg Ebers

... who frequented Nekrovitch's house was the Anarchist and scientist, Count Voratin, a man who had sacrificed wealth and high position and family ties for his principles with less fuss than another rich man would make in giving a donation to an hospital. He seemed always absolutely oblivious of his own great qualities, as simple and kindly in manners as a moujik but with a certain innate dignity and courtliness of demeanour which lifted him above most of those with whom he came in contact. I nourished an almost ...

— A Girl Among the Anarchists • Isabel Meredith

... studied only how to please him; and that, in serving the State and the prince, they became indifferent to the Church. Selected to serve a particular purpose, or chosen in consideration of a valuable donation, the lay nominee had been sure to fulfil the object for which he was elevated, or to indulge the avarice or ambition which had craved the appointment. It was in attempting to remedy this fatal innovation that Gregory found himself repeatedly thwarted by Henry; and yet he had been censured ...

— The Truce of God - A Tale of the Eleventh Century • George Henry Miles

... and he said, 'Grand, I have had no whisky.' I went back a month later and he told me he was never so happy in all his life. He said, 'Do you remember me telling you I paid a sovereign for my sitting in church? Well, I occupy that pew myself now.' And that day he gave me a donation for the Christian Police Association and told me to call again at any time. That is what the Lord does when he changes a man's heart. There are many men to-day who may be all right financially; they may have a seat in God's House; they may be members of ...

— The Personal Touch • J. Wilbur Chapman

... new face; the marshes were drained, and the lands cultivated. And as this revolution seemed rather the effect of the holiness of the place than of any natural causes, it increased their credit; and every improvement drew with it a new donation. In this manner the great abbeys of Croyland and Glastonbury, and many others, from the most obscure beginnings, were advanced to a degree of wealth and ...

— The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. VII. (of 12) • Edmund Burke

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