bestowment
Example Sentences
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We have seen that the election of a nation to the enjoyment of certain external advantages, or the bestowment of superior gifts upon some individuals, is not inconsistent with the perfection of the divine goodness.
From A Theodicy, or, Vindication of the Divine Glory by Albert Taylor Bledsoe
If we consider this bestowment of gifts in this view.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Noah Webster
Indeed, Nature's generous bestowment of talents, or even of genius, is of but little value when the favored one does not assiduously labor to cultivate and develop the same.
From Music and Some Highly Musical People by James M. Trotter
Of all nations they only have possessed this right; for they only received it by special bestowment.
From Three Prize Essays on American Slavery by A.C. Baldwin
Cool, that is to say, as the day permitted; for the sun was fervent, and pouring down his beams with an overwhelming lavishness of bestowment.
From Wych Hazel by Susan Warner
