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Donative   Listen
noun
Donative  n.  
1.
A gift; a largess; a gratuity; a present. "The Romans were entertained with shows and donatives."
2.
(Eccl. Law) A benefice conferred on a person by the founder or patron, without either presentation or institution by the ordinary, or induction by his orders. See the Note under Benefice, n., 3.





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"Donative" Quotes from Famous Books



... He only assured his menials he would consider them as a damned ungrateful pack if they bought a gill of brandy elsewhere than out of his own stores; and as the drink-money was likely to go to its legitimate use, he comforted himself that, in this manner, the Marquis's donative would, without any impeachment of credit and character, come ultimately into his ...
— Bride of Lammermoor • Sir Walter Scott


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