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Definition of Endower
1. v. t. To endow.
2. n. One who endows.
Definition of Endower
1. Noun. One who endows. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Endower
1. one that endows [n -S] - See also: endows
Lexicographical Neighbors of Endower
Literary usage of Endower
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Weekly Reporter by David Sutherland, India High Court (Calcutta, India), Great Britain Privy Council. Judicial Committee (1891)
"Should he " (that is, the endower) " die and have sufficient assets with " which
to redeem the land, the redemption "shall be effected, and the endowment ..."
2. Calendar by University of Calcutta (1907)
"It owns a spacious building, constructed at the cost of the endower and his son, Mr.
Deep Narayan Singh. It has also a Boarding House attached to it, ..."
3. Borderland Studies: Miscellaneous Addresses and Essays Pertaining to by George Milbry Gould (1896)
"But the unwise endower of hospitals committed another intellectual sin—and in
this world intellectual error at last and always results in millionfold moral ..."
4. Asma'ul-Husna: The 99 Beautiful Names of Allah by M. R. Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (1979)
"... Wadud 47 End • Akhir 74 endower of Divine Goodness • Latif 30 ... of Divine
Wisdom • Rashid 98 endower of Strength and Resolution • Muqit 39 Enduring ..."
5. The Bengal Law Reports of Decisions of the High Court at Fort William Civil by Great Britain Privy Council. Judicial Committee, Bengal (India). Board of Revenue, Bengal (India). Supreme Council (1883)
"I am of opinion, therefore, that the endowment was valid as against the heirs of
the endower, and consequently that by virtue of tho endowment tho ..."
6. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the High Court of Chancery: During by Great Britain Court of Chancery, John Scott Eldon (1828)
"2d, Because he has no Equity. 3d, Because this election is an usurpation upon
the Vicar. It is difficult to say who was the endower of this chapel. ..."
7. Commentaries on the Laws of England by William Blackstone, William Carey Jones (1915)
"And, in general, the king being the sole founder of all civil corporations, and
the endower the perficient founder of all eleemosynary ones, ..."
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