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donatory

/don-uh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee, doh-nuh-/US // ˈdɒn əˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i, ˈdoʊ nə- //

捐赠,捐助,捐献,捐助方

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural don·a·to·ries.Chiefly Scots Law.

    • : a donee of the king, especially one given the right by the king to property obtained by escheat or forfeit.

Examples

  • On this island Francesco Pereira Coutinho, the first donatory, was killed by the savages.

  • In Scotland they were held to belong to the crown or its donatory, usually the sheriff of a county.

  • The donatory of the territory which included the bay of Bahia, started a town, but it was destroyed by Indians.