Donative

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A special donation; a gift.
  • adj. Characterized by, constituting, or subject to donation.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Of, pertaining to, or being a donation
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A gift; a largess; a gratuity; a present.
  • n. 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.
  • adj. Vested or vesting by donation.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Vested or vesting by donation: as, a donative advowson.
  • n. A gift; a largess; a gratuity; a present; a dole.
  • n. In canon law, a benefice given and collated to a person by the founder or patron without either presentation, institution, or induction by the ordinary.
  • Word Usage
    "His house alone contains wealth sufficient to discharge the donative which is never forthcoming, and is daily cast in your teeth."
    Variant
    benefice   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    gift    largess    gratuity    present   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts