bestowment

Example Sentences

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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 Baldwin, A.C.

What words could be so apt as these to express thankfulness for the preservation of life, and for the subsequent bestowment of the sweetest blessings which endear it to the pure and uncorrupted heart?

From Principle and Practice The Orphan Family by Martineau, Harriet

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 Findlay, G. G.

The reader will call to mind that this Simon Magus is mentioned and condemned in the Acts of the Apostles, for offering to pay Peter for a bestowment of the gift of the Holy Ghost.

From The World's Sixteen Crucified Saviors Or, Christianity Before Christ by Graves, Kersey

The honor of thy great name is concerned—it unites with our necessities in requiting the bestowment of the mercies which we ask.

From Sermons on Various Important Subjects by Lee, Andrew