bestowal

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Seriously harmed were six paintings of Napoleon, including a 10-ft. by 20-ft. oil by Jean-Baptiste Debret entitled The First Bestowal of the Legion of Honor in the Invalides.

From Time Magazine Archive

That is, you have found this Bestowal, you have paid nothing for it, therefore give it to others without any exchange.

From Japan Will Turn Ablaze! by Sims, Barbara R. (Barbara Rutledge)

I am always supplicating for you that ye may attain to the Most Great Bestowal and act and behave according to the Teachings of His Holiness Bahá’u’lláh.

From Japan Will Turn Ablaze! by Sims, Barbara R. (Barbara Rutledge)

Then strive as far as thou art able to spread the Divine Teachings, so that thou mayest become distinguished with this great Bestowal among the women of the world.

From Japan Will Turn Ablaze! by Sims, Barbara R. (Barbara Rutledge)

Bestowal of the New Tongue on the Seventy and Seven, and on the One Hundred and Forty and Four.

From The House of Souls by Machen, Arthur