bestowment

Example Sentences

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True charity is not that feeling which prompts merely to the bestowment of worldly goods for the benefit of others—in fact, true charity has very little to do with alms-giving and public benefactions.

From Graham's Magazine Vol XXXIII No. 1 July 1848 by Conrad, Robert Taylor

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.

What words could be so apt as these to express thankfulness for the preservation of life, and for the subsequent bestowment of the sweetest blessings which endear it to the pure and uncorrupted heart?

From Principle and Practice The Orphan Family by Martineau, Harriet

In three particulars is benevolence superior to almsgiving:—Almsgiving is only the bestowment of money, but benevolence can be exercised by personal service as well.

From Hebraic Literature; Translations from the Talmud, Midrashim and Kabbala by Various

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