Definitions for donatory

donatory don·a·to·ry

Spelling: [don-uh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee, doh-nuh-]
IPA: /ˈdɒn əˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i, ˈdoʊ nə-/

Donatory is a 8 letter English word.

You can make 238 anagrams from letters in donatory (adnoorty).

Definitions for donatory

noun

  1. a donee of the king, especially one given the right by the king to property obtained by escheat or forfeit.

Origin of donatory

1610-20; Medieval Latin dōnātōrius, equivalent to Latin dōnā(re) (see donation) + -tōrius -tory1

Examples for donatory

The donatory of the territory which included the bay of Bahia, started a town, but it was destroyed by Indians.

On this island Francesco Pereira Coutinho, the first donatory, was killed by the savages.

In Scotland they were held to belong to the crown or its donatory, usually the sheriff of a county.

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