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dotation

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do⋅ta⋅tion

  [doh-tey-shuhn]
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–noun
an endowment.
Origin:
1350–1400; < L dōtātiōn- (s. of dōtātiō), equiv. to dōtāt(us), ptp. of dōtāre to provide a dowry for (deriv. of dōs dowry; cf. dot 2 ) + -iōn- -ion; r. ME dotacioun < AF
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