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n institution; property, fund, or revenue permanently appropriated to any object; as, the endowment of a church, a hospital, or a college.

The act of depriving of an endowment or endowments. [The] disendowment of the Irish Church. G. B. Smith.

Addison. His acquirements by industry were . . . enriched and enlarged by many excellent endowments of nature. Hayward.

Natural advantaged; endowments; accomplishments. [R.] "The benefits of your own country." Shak. Benefit of clergy. (Law) See under Clergy.

An endowment or foundation for the chanting of masses and offering of prayers, commonly for the founder.

of beauty in nature, even among cultured people, is less often met with than other mental endowments. I. Taylor. The cunning hand and cultured brain. Whittier.

To deprive of an endowment, as a church. Gladstone.

l of the support of the state from an established church; as, the disestablishment and disendowment of the Irish Church by Act of Parliament.

Endowment; establishment of funds for support, as of a hospital or eleemosynary corporation. Blackstone.

Natural endowments. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

That with which one is gifted or endowed; endowment; gift. How great, how plentiful, how rich a dower! Sir J. Davies. Man in his primeval dower arrayed. Wordsworth.

A gift; endowment. [Obs.] Spenser.

he character, sentiment, or disposition of a community or people, considered as a natural endowment; the spirit which actuates manners and customs; also, the characteristic tone or genius of an institution or social organization.

any of the leading kinds of soul activity, as knowledge, feeling, volition; intellectual endowment or gift; power; as, faculties of the mind or the soul. But know that in the soul Are many lesser faculties that serve Reason as chief. Milton. What a piece of work is a man ! how noble in reason ! how infinite in faculty…

gacy appropriated to support a charitable institution, and constituting a permanent fund; endowment. He was entered on the foundation of Westminster. Macaulay.

Some quality or endowment given to man by God; a preëminent and special talent or aptitude; power; faculty; as, the gift of wit; a gift for speaking.

Inherent excellence; any endowment or characteristic fitted to win favor or confer pleasure or benefit. He is complete in feature and in mind. With all good grace to grace a gentleman. Shak. I have formerly given the general character of Mr. Addison's style and manner as natural and unaffected, easy and polite, and ful…

One who receives any endowment from an ancestor or relation; as, the heir of one's reputation or virtues. And I his heir in misery alone. Pope. Heir apparent. (Law.) See under Apparent. -- Heir at law, one who, after his ancector's death, has a right to inherit all his intestate estate. Wharton (Law Dict.). -- Heir p…

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The act of induing, or state of being indued; investment; endowment. W. Montagu.