"dation" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: dations [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin datiōnem. Etymology templates: {{bor+|en|la|datio|datiōnem}} Borrowed from Latin datiōnem Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} dation (countable and uncountable, plural dations)
  1. (rare, law) The act of giving, granting or conferring (e.g. an office) but not liberal as a donation or gift. Tags: countable, rare, uncountable
    Sense id: en-dation-en-noun-RCN9Purh Categories (other): Law Topics: law
  2. (obsolete, medicine) A dose. Tags: countable, obsolete, uncountable
    Sense id: en-dation-en-noun-XRxs2nNK Categories (other): Medicine, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 39 61 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 33 67 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 33 67 Topics: medicine, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: dation in payment Related terms: dative

Inflected forms

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