Definition of endowment

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Endowment (n.) That which is given or bestowed upon the person or mind; gift of nature; accomplishment; natural capacity; talents; -- usually in the plural.

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Induement :: Induement (n.) The act of induing, or state of being indued; investment; endowment..
Intelligence :: Intelligence (n.) The capacity to know or understand; readiness of comprehension; the intellect, as a gift or an endowment..
Patrimony :: Patrimony (n.) Formerly, a church estate or endowment..
Qualified :: Qualified (a.) Fitted by accomplishments or endowments.
Principle :: Principle (n.) An original faculty or endowment.
Spiritual :: Spiritual (a.) Of or pertaining to the intellectual and higher endowments of the mind; mental; intellectual.
Dowry :: Dowry (n.) A gift; endowment.
Heir :: Heir (n.) One who receives any endowment from an ancestor or relation; as, the heir of one's reputation or virtues..
Talent :: Talent (v. t.) Intellectual ability, natural or acquired; mental endowment or capacity; skill in accomplishing; a special gift, particularly in business, art, or the like; faculty; a use of the word probably originating in the Scripture parable of the talents (Matt. xxv. 14-30)..
Disestablishment :: Disestablishment (n.) The act or process of unsettling or breaking up that which has been established; specifically, the withdrawal of the support of the state from an established church; as, the disestablishment and disendowment of the Irish Church by Act of Parliament..
Indowment :: Indowment (n.) See Endowment.
Endowment :: Endowment (n.) The act of bestowing a dower, fund, or permanent provision for support..
Endowment :: Endowment (n.) That which is bestowed or settled on a person or an institution; property, fund, or revenue permanently appropriated to any object; as, the endowment of a church, a hospital, or a college..
Peer :: Peer (n.) One of the same rank, quality, endowments, character, etc.; an equal; a match; a mate..
Gift :: Gift (v. t.) Some quality or endowment given to man by God; a preeminent and special talent or aptitude; power; faculty; as, the gift of wit; a gift for speaking..
Dower :: Dower (n.) That with which one is gifted or endowed; endowment; gift.
Benefit :: Benefit (n.) Natural advantages; endowments; accomplishments.
Foundation :: Foundation (n.) A donation or legacy appropriated to support a charitable institution, and constituting a permanent fund; endowment..
Self-conceit :: Self-conceit (n.) Conceit of one's self; an overweening opinion of one's powers or endowments.
Disendow :: Disendow (v. t.) To deprive of an endowment, as a church..
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