bestowment

Example Sentences

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This gift is alike creditable to the venerable men of your Association in its bestowment and to the State of Oregon in its acceptance.

From Dr. John McLoughlin, the Father of Oregon by Holman, Frederick Van Voorhies

The audience was a large and brilliant one, composed of members of both races, and was quite demonstrative in the bestowment of applause and in floral offerings.

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

Correspondence, the spirit of sonship which meets His taking us as sons, the faith which clasps the promise, the reception which welcomes bestowment, must be stamped upon the inward life.

From Expositions of Holy Scripture: Romans Corinthians (To II Corinthians, Chap. V) by Maclaren, Alexander

If anything can enhance the magnitude of this promised bliss, it is the concluding words of the verse, in which He grounds His plea for its bestowment: “I will—that they behold my glory;”—why?

From The Words of Jesus by Macduff, John R. (John Ross)

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

From A Manifest Destiny by Magruder, Julia