Part 3394

<h1>Donatary</h1> <Xpage=444>

<hw>Don"a*ta*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Donatory</er>.</def>

<h1>Donate</h1> <Xpage=444>

<hw>Do"nate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Donated</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Donating</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>donatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>donare</ets> to donate, fr. <ets>donum</ets> gift, fr. <ets>dare</ets> to give. See 2d <er>Date</er>.]</ety> <def>To give; to bestow; to present; <as>as, to <ex>donate</ex> fifty thousand dollars to a college</as>.</def>

<h1>Donation</h1> <Xpage=444>

<hw>Do*na"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>donatio</ets>; cf. F. <ets>donation</ets>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of giving or bestowing; a grant.</def>

<blockquote>After <b>donation</b> there an absolute change and alienation of the property of the thing given.

<i>South.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>That which is given as a present; that which is transferred to another gratuitously; a gift.</def>

<blockquote>And some <b>donation</b> freely to estate On the bless'd lovers. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>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.</def>

<i>Bouvier.</i>

<cs><col>Donation party</col>, <cd>a party assembled at the house of some one, as of a clergyman, each one bringing some present. <mark>[U.S.]</mark></cd></cs>

<i>Bartlett.</i>

<syn>Syn. -- Gift; present; benefaction; grant. See <er>Gift</er>.</syn>

<h1>Donatism</h1> <Xpage=444>

<hw>Don"a*tism</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>Donatisme</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Eccl. Hist.)</fld> <def>The tenets of the Donatists.</def>

<h1>Donatist</h1> <Xpage=444>

<hw>Don"a*tist</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[LL. <ets>Donatista</ets>: cf. F. <ets>Donatiste</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Eccl. Hist.)</fld> <def>A follower of Donatus, the leader of a body of North African schismatics and purists, who greatly disturbed the church in the 4th century. They claimed to be the true church.</def>

<h1>Donatistic</h1> <Xpage=444>

<hw>Don`a*tis"tic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Pertaining to Donatism.</def>

<h1>Donative</h1> <Xpage=444>

<hw>Don"a*tive</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>donativum</ets>, fr. <ets>donare</ets>: cf. F. <ets>donatif</ets>. See <er>Donate</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>A gift; a largess; a gratuity; a present.</def> "The Romans were entertained with shows and <i>donatives</i>."

<i>Dryden.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Eccl. Law)</fld> <def>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 <er>Benefice</er>, <tt>n.</tt>, <p><b>3</b>.</def>

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