Bible Dictionaries
Endowment

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(n.) That which is bestowed or settled on a person or an institution; property, fund, or revenue permanently appropriated to any object; as, the endowment of a church, a hospital, or a college.

(2):

(n.) That which is given or bestowed upon the person or mind; gift of nature; accomplishment; natural capacity; talents; - usually in the plural.

(3):

(n.) The act of bestowing a dower, fund, or permanent provision for support.

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