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doneison (1140-60)
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doneison (1140-60)

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doneesoun,  doneisoun,  doneson,  donesone,  donesoun;  donaisoun,  donison,  donisoun;  donneison,  donnesoun;  duneisun  
  FEW:  donatio 3,137b Gdf:  donoison 2,746c GdfC: ∅ TL: donaison 2,2005 DEAF:  donaison  DMF: ∅ TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅

s.

1gift, grant: 
( 1140-60; MS: 1140-60 ) [...] seit par achat, seit par duneisun, u par alcun altre leal cunquest  Ely Arch 265.34
( 1396; MS: s.xv1 )  je lui esmerci grandement de son tresnoble doneson (=three greyhounds)  Man lang ANTS 29.18
2lawadvowson, right to bestow an ecclesiastical preferment: 
( 1311 )  granta la donesoun et confermement du Roy H.  YBB Ed II xi 2
♦lawbestowal of an ecclesiastical benefice: 
( 1383 )  q’il ne ferroit collacione, presentement ne doneson a nul benefice de Seint Esglise par cause des voidancez des temporaltees  Rot Parl1 iii 163
a, de la doneison de
eccl.in the gift of: 
( s.xivin; MS: s.xivm )  doner un esglise de lur doneisoun e lur seignurage, e pur lur doun receyver ascun avauntage  BOZ Cont 31
( 1395; MS: s.xv1 )  une esglise de bon value a vostre donisoun  Lett & Pet 138.90.9
appartenir a, estre de, en la doneison de
to be in the gift of: 
( 1298 )  de benefice d’eglise a nostre doneison aportenant [...] li feissez purveer  Crisis 186.8
( 1285-1330 )  la dite esglise n’est de nostre patronage, ne de nostre doneesoun  Eastry Lett 391.11
( 1313 )  l’eglise de Seint Andreu q’est en la doneison le dit Sire Robert  Lib Cust 150
( 1397-99; MS: s.xv1 )  le primere benefice que apartiendra a vostre donison  Lett & Pet 74.32
aver en sa (etc.) doneison
to have in one’s gift: 
( s.xivin; MS: s.xivm )  les abbés [...] qe ont esglises en lur donisoun  BOZ Cont 31
( c.1323 )  la esglese de A. la quel ils avoint en lour donison  Northumb 30.

See also:

donacion 
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