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Meanings of conferral in English

The act of conferring an honor or presenting a gift.

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Examples for "bestowal"
Examples for "bestowal"
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He was unwearied in acts of benevolence and in bestowal of favors.
General History for Colleges and High Schools
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But the thing was harder than the mere bestowal of a gift.
The Inferno
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This is the bestowal of divine idealism, the crown adorning human heads.
Foundations of World Unity
4
Those glances proclaimed everything, the closest affection and complete self-bestowal for ever.
The Three Cities Trilogy: Paris, Volume 4
5
Another nagging political issue, regarding bestowal of the paramount Malietoa title, remains unresolved.
Radio NZ
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The abundance of that bestowment is expressed by that word, 'poured.'
Expositions of Holy Scripture: Psalms
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But there will be no waste by the bestowment of what we cannot take.
Expositions of Holy Scripture: St. Mark
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But God cannot save men by magic, nor by indiscriminate bestowment of spiritual blessings.
Expositions of Holy Scripture / Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, Rut...
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Always and necessarily the capacity or organ of reception precedes and determines the bestowment of blessings.
Expositions of Holy Scripture: Romans Corinthians (To II Corinth...
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A partial bestowment of the Spirit, which is the Father's promise, took place while Jesus spoke.
Expositions of Holy Scripture: St. Luke
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Sulla obtained the formal conferment on himself of absolute power.
The World's Greatest Books — Volume 11 — Ancient and Mediæval Hi...
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It opens with the conferment of the C.M.G.
Not that it Matters
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The conferment ceremony was equally simple.
Helen of troy
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The great mass of the Republicans stopped short of the demand for the conferment of suffrage on the negro.
Twenty Years of Congress, Volume 2 / From Lincoln to Garfield, w...
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Yes, and this last with particular care, since the conferment of healthy children upon the country is a work of absolute importance.
Through Russia
Usage of conferral in English
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Madam, - The other day I attended a conferral ceremony at UCC.
The Irish Times
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The conferral at Dublin Castle was entirely free of controversy, however.
The Irish Times
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The sudden conferral of wide-ranging new powers on officers arising from Covid-19 exacerbates that worry.
Radio NZ
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The people of Armagh became burghers yesterday with the conferral of borough status, on the city.
The Irish Times
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This route is called citizenship by conferral.
The South African
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The conferral ceremony was held on Wednesday.
Radio NZ
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The Archbishop of Dublin, Dr Diarmuid Martin, made the conferral at St Mary's Church on Haddington Road yesterday.
The Irish Times
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Broadly, it's this conferral of power upon the executive by the legislature that was rendered invalid by today's decision.
The Guardian
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But when it came to the conferral of her body, I really was too inexperienced to see things for what they were.
Your sad eyes and unforgettable mouth
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In his Edinburgh speech of October 29th, the Taoiseach urged a rapidly changing Britain and Ireland to consider the implications of a conferral relationship.
The Irish Times
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After conferral with the mother, caesarean section was performed and a 690 g fetus could be delivered and was immediately transferred to the neonatal unit.
Pubmed
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Madam, - The other day I attended a conferral ceremony at UCC.
The Irish Times
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The conferral at Dublin Castle was entirely free of controversy, however.
The Irish Times
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The sudden conferral of wide-ranging new powers on officers arising from Covid-19 exacerbates that worry.
Radio NZ
15
The people of Armagh became burghers yesterday with the conferral of borough status, on the city.
The Irish Times
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This route is called citizenship by conferral.
The South African
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