bestowment

Example Sentences

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He had nothing of that choice prudence which seems to have been the guide of others, of our family in the bestowment of their affections.

From Guy Rivers: A Tale of Georgia by Simms, William Gilmore

Baptism in infants, is the pledge of the bestowment of those blessings purchased by Christ for all.

From American Lutheranism Vindicated; or, Examination of the Lutheran Symbols, on Certain Disputed Topics Including a Reply to the Plea of Rev. W. J. Mann by Schmucker, S. S. (Samuel Simon)

This comprehends deliverance from merited sufferings, and the bestowment of happiness which is the contrast of it.

From Sermons on Various Important Subjects by Lee, Andrew

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

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

She had attained all that any woman could desire in the way of the world’s bestowment.

From A Manifest Destiny by Magruder, Julia