bequeathment
Example Sentences
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The bequeathment of Stephen Girard, the wealthy American merchant, was of a different character.
From Thrift by Samuel Smiles
He must inform her of his father's unjust bequeathment of all his property to his brother, and of his own determination to seek his fortune in the East.
From Mark Hurdlestone Or, The Two Brothers by Susanna Moodie
Established in 1636, by a vote of 400l., it obtained the name of Harvard, from the bequeathment by a reverend gentleman of that name, A.D.
From Lands of the Slave and the Free Cuba, the United States, and Canada by Henry A. Murray
Sure, it shouldn't be a bequeathment job, this trolley business.
From Six One-Act Plays by Margaret Scott Oliver
It was the strong, cool determination inherited from Thomas Rose that held Flavia equal to the demands of her mother's bequeathment of reticent pride.
From From the Car Behind by James Montgomery Flagg
