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[ noun ] the act of conferring an honor or presenting a gift

Used in print

(Jaroslav Pelikan, The Shape of Death: life, death and...)

They speak of the work of Christ as the bestowal of incorruptibility , which can mean ( though it does not have to mean ) deliverance from time and history .

Related terms

giving confer

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[ noun ] a gift that is bestowed or conferred

Synonyms

bestowment

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gift bestow

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