donary

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noun

An object given or donated to a sacred use.

OriginLatin donarium →
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Meanings

noundonary (plural donaries)

plural donaries

  1. obsoletelifestyleAn object given or donated to a sacred use.

    ...those hospitals so built and maintained, not by collections, benevolences, donaries...

    1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC

Origin

  1. Latindonarium
  2. Englishdonary

From Latin donarium, from donare.

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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

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