bestowment

Example Sentences

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So the gift may ebb away from a man, from a community, from an epoch, not because God's manifestation and bestowment fluctuate, but because our receptivity changes.

From Expositions of Holy Scripture Ezekiel, Daniel, and the Minor Prophets. St Matthew Chapters I to VIII by Maclaren, Alexander

Standing at the distance of a hundred years, we are able to measure in some degree the magnitude of this bestowment.

From The Expositor's Bible: Ephesians by Findlay, G. G.

For the Muses, however often and earnestly invoked, are never lavish in the bestowment of their favors.

From Music and Some Highly Musical People by Trotter, James M.

It created, no doubt, considerable bitterness and jealousy in certain sections of society in England, as it was believed that the King was unduly partial to his own countrymen in the bestowment of his favours.

From Border Raids and Reivers by Borland, Robert

In substance or anticipation, this one bestowment contains all good things of God.

From The Expositor's Bible: Ephesians by Findlay, G. G.