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Definition of Bestowal
1. Noun. The act of conferring an honor or presenting a gift.
Generic synonyms: Gift, Giving
Derivative terms: Bestow, Bestow, Confer, Confer
2. Noun. A gift that is bestowed or conferred.
Definition of Bestowal
1. n. The act of bestowing; disposal.
Definition of Bestowal
1. Noun. the act of bestowing ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Bestowal
1. a gift [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bestowal
Literary usage of Bestowal
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of the Norman Conquest of England: Its Causes and Its Results by Edward Augustus Freeman (1879)
"We hear too bestowal of the complaint that, in the bestowal of the great offices
foreigner». in his gift, Englishmen were shut out as systematically as they ..."
2. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1910)
"In the papal documentary acts of bestowal, the days are indicated on which the
pallium may be worn, though the pope himself wears it on all due occasions. ..."
3. A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents, 1789-1897 by United States President (1897)
"... disturbance and to overcome all obstacles to the bestowal of the blessings of
good and stable government upon the people of the Philippine Islands under ..."
4. The Journal of English and Germanic Philology by Ill.) University of Illinois (Urbana (1918)
"SHAKESPEARE AND THE PURITAN'S "PENSIVE REGARD FOR THE WELL-bestowal OF TIME" If
it is true that there is contemporary reference in Shakespeare's plays, ..."
5. Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific by Astronomical Society of the Pacific (1889)
"No application for the bestowal of the medal is required. The letters received
from discoverers of comets will be preserved in the records of the Lick ..."
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