Bible Dictionaries
Dotation

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(n.) Endowment; establishment of funds for support, as of a hospital or eleemosynary corporation.

(2):

(n.) The act of endowing, or bestowing a marriage portion on a woman.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Dotation'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​d/dotation.html. 1828.