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noun

Bestowment n.

The act of giving or bestowing; a conferring or bestowal. "If we consider this bestowment of gifts in this view."

That which is given or bestowed. "They almost refuse to give due praise and credit to God's own bestowments."

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Etymology of 'Bestowment'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Bestowment" Quotes from Famous Books

... the keeping of my soul to Jesus in well-doing, as unto a faithful Creator. He gave Himself for me. This transcendent pledge of love is the guarantee for the bestowment of every other needed blessing. Oh, blessed thought! my sorrows numbered by the Man of Sorrows; my tears counted by Him who shed first His tears and then His blood for me. He will impose no needless burden, and exact no unnecessary sacrifice. There was no redundant ...

— The Words of Jesus • John R. Macduff

... for another, or indulge one more than another. Neither should they withhold a dowry, from a child as a punishment, unless his crime and character are of such an execrable nature as to warrant the assurance that its bestowment would but enhance his misery. Then indeed, it would be a blessing to withhold it. "A child's vices may be of that sort," says Paley in his Philosophy, "and his vicious habits so incorrigible, as to afford ...

— The Christian Home • Samuel Philips

Words linked to "Bestowment" : bestowal, conferment, conferral