bestowment
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We have seen that the election of a nation to the enjoyment of certain external advantages, or the bestowment of superior gifts upon some individuals, is not inconsistent with the perfection of the divine goodness.
From A Theodicy, or, Vindication of the Divine Glory by Albert Taylor Bledsoe
This intellectual gift is twofold: phronēsis as well as sophia,—the bestowment not only of deep spiritual thought, but of moral sagacity, good sense and thoughtfulness.
From The Expositor's Bible: Ephesians by G. G. Findlay
Of all nations they only have possessed this right; for they only received it by special bestowment.
From Three Prize Essays on American Slavery by A.C. Baldwin
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 James M. Trotter
Always and necessarily the capacity or organ of reception precedes and determines the bestowment of blessings.
From Expositions of Holy Scripture: Romans Corinthians (To II Corinthians, Chap. V) by Alexander Maclaren
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