are modern day political parties really just "giving parties"?
if memory serves, in olden times one had to first donate / gift / tithe the King before one could run for
DON.
out an impossible ideal hence, Don Quixote ;'., Don
; !
Qaixotism see also Quixotic, etc.
:
1607 Wkbstek Hist, Sir T. Wyat Wks. 1830 11. 298
.-\ l>on(it.i;o is a kind of Spanish stockfish, or poor John.
( i6s6 Dick of Devon 11. iv. in Bullen O. PI. II. 39 Now
Don Diego, .or Don Divell, I defyethee. 1674 (Z.Caworkv]
Catholicon 18 The furious zeal of persons Don-Quixotled in
Religion. 1709 Stefxe TatUr No. 31 f 8 Why you look as
if you were Don Diego'd to the Tune ofa Thousand Pounds.
1710 Dk Foe Crusoe 11. xiii, The state he [a Chinaman of
position] rode in was a perfect Don Quixoleism being a mix-
ture of pomp and poverty, a 1845 Hood 7*. of Trumpet
XXX, The most Don Juanish rake. 1855 Thackebav Nctv-
femes (iBjg) II. XX. 236(Stanf.) It was the man whose sweet-
heart this Don Juan had deserted. i88s .Stevenson Ftu/i.
. .
Stud. 55 It is the punishment of Don Juanism.
2. A
Spanish lord or gentleman a Spaniard.
1610 H. Jossos Akh. in. iii, A doughty don is taken with
my Dol. 1659 Drvoen Oh Cromivell xxiii, The light Mon-
sieur the grave Don outweighed. 1797 Nelson 13 Jan. in
Nicolas Disp. (1845) II. 326, 1 hailed the Don, and told him,
'This is an Knglish Frigate'. i88o Tennyson Revenge iv,
I never turn'd my back upon Don or devil yet.
3. transf. A
distinguished man ; one of position
or importance; a leader, first class man. Also
{colloq. and diaL) aitrib.^ and in phrase a don at
something, i. e. an adept.
a 1634 RANrMjLPH Amyntas II. v. Wks, (1875) 306 This is
a man of skill, an (F,dipus, Apollo, Reverend Phoebus, Don
of Delphos. 166$ Dbvden Indian Eiiip. Epil. 21 The great
dons of wit. 1768-74 Tucker Lt. Nat. (18521 II. 466 Quota-
tions from the old dons of Greece. 1833 in H'estiu. A'rr-.
Apr. 445 One of the men .. was what was called a *don
workman 1854 Chamh. Jrnl. II. 280 A don at cricket.
'.
4. Hence, in the collotjuial language of the Eng-
lish universities: A head, fellow or tutor ofa col-
lege.
1660 South Sertu, 2g July (1843) !'• 8S The raving
insolence which those .spiritual dons from the pulpit were
wont to show [at Oxford]. 1681 Thoresrv Diary (Hunter)
I. 109 Sermons against Arminianism, whereat many dons
. .
were offended. 17*6 Amhekst Terrx Fit. v. 20 The
reverend dons in 0.\ford are already alarm'd. i88j Besant
Rez'olt if Man
vii. (1883) 164 'I'he few left were either the
reading undergraduates or the dons. 1888 Burgon Lives
12 Gd. Men II. X. 242 -An introduction to two Oxford dons.
t6. =Dan*', DitM 1 2. Ohs. rare,
1600 Chester PL Proem i, The devise of one done
Rondall, moonke of Chester al>l>e.
6. More fully, Don Pedro^ a game at cards.
The players are divided into two sides and have 6 or 5
cards each ; the points scored in one game are 23 :^-one each
for High, Ix)w, and Jack of trumps, 5 for Game (i.e. fur
the side which at the end of the game scores the highest
total from the cards won by them, counting 10, 4, 3, 2 and i
for a ten, ace, king, queen and knave respectively, also 4,
3, 2 and 1 respectively for the ace, king, queen and knave
of trumps, and 5 for the five or Don.
1873 .VAiH^ /?/i /., Don Pedro. .^-3,% prolably invented by
the mixed Knglish and Irish rabble who fought in Portugal
'
in 1832-3.
llencc Dondom, Bo'nliood,
rt., Do'uness,
all nonce-wds. from sense 4.
1797 Mrs. a. M. Bennett liiXK^r C.irl (18131 III. 122
The don was in a truly don-Iike rage. 1865 Sat. Rev.
. .
4 Feb. 143 In the glory of early donhood at the Univer-
sities. RoDEN NoEi, liyron 64 Juvenile verses
i8i9i
Cambridge Dondom. 180^ Xat. Ooserver 20 May
very doniy Don. 1895 /hid. 2 Mar. 432/1 Englishwomen
*who are fairly familiar with Middle English (who, Ijeyond
the range of donnesses, may proljably be counted on fingers).
t DOXL, sb.'^ Obs. rare. [a. F. don :— L. don-um,
A
gift.] donation, gift.
i$S4 .S7. Papers Hen. I'll I, VI. 223 Whose assumpcion is
undoubtedly worthy to be reputed a don and gift of God.
Don ydfm), v.^ arch, [contracted from do on
see Do V. 48.
After 1650 retained In popular use only in north, dial. ; as a
literary archaism it has become very frequent in 19th cl
To
1. trans. put on (clothing, anything worn,
etc.). The opposite of Doff.
1567TUR11EHV. Ovid's Kp. 109 h, Do'n homes And Bacchus
thou shall Ijc. 1601 Shaks. Ham. iv. v. 52 Then vphe rose,
benefice is a religious term
& don'd his clothes. 1613-16 W. Browne />r//. Past. n.
iv. (R.), In Autunme. .when stately forests d'on their yellow
coates. i6ai Quarles ^r^rt/w ^ /'. (1678) 84 Up Argalus,
and <ron thy Nuptial weeds, a 1764 Luovn Henriade (R.\
Mars had donn'd his coat of mail. x8a8 Scott /•". M.
Perth vi, My experience has been in donning steel gauntlets
on mailed knights. 1861 T. A. Trollope La Heata II.
xii. 61 To shut up his studio, and don his best coal. 1879
D1X0S W'indsorX, iii. 23 She donned the garment of a nun.
2. trans/. To dress (a person) in a garment
to dress oneself. Chiefly north, dial.
re/I.
1801 R. Asi)ER.soN Cuwherld. Ball. 17 Sae doff thy clogs,
and don thysel. 1845 K. Bhonte Wutheri.ig Heights xix,
Sunday garments.
Joseph was donned in his
Hence Denning vbl. sb.
Emerson if)t Too much of donning and
1847 Poeuis{\%-yi)
doffing. i888Kr.«oRTHV Somerset Word-H\, Donnings,
II'.
Sunday clothes, also finery.
+ Don, p.- Obs. [Related to Din v.] inir. To
resound, ring with sound; =5DiN v. i.
rti4oo Sir Peues {i%Z(}) 163 (M.S. E.> .\I |>e castel doiiyd
and rong. 1483 Pes trvtt II {i$is) 78 b, A man sholde unneth
here his folowe speke for donnynges of strokes.
Don, var. form of Dux, Down.
Don, ohs. ])rc3. inf. and pa, pple. of Do 7f.
Dona (<b'nya\ dona (dJ"-na). [Sp. do/la,
II
Pg. don<i :-L. domina mistress, lady.]
1, A(Spanish or Portuguese lady. Also pre-
fixed to the name as a title of courtesy.
or occupy an office. maybe it's still going on today except it's kept hidden from us.
598
i6» Mabbe Alevian's Guzman d'Alf II. x. 204 We
tr.
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forget to goe for DoFia Beatriz the new marryed Bride,
\
ai6j4 in Drydens U'-tj.(i884) VII I. 513 Was there never
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a Dona in all Spain worthy your kindness? 1840 Losge.
I
sp. Stud. I. i, Dona Serafina and her cousins.
2. slang, (in form dojia^ also vulgarly donah,
doner.) A woman a sweetheart.
I
;
1873 Slang Dict.f Dona andfeeies, a woman and children.
I
i
187s Athenaeum 24 Apr. 545 A circus man almost always
.speaks of a circus woman, not as a woman, but a dona.
1887 Farrkll Htrtv He Died 62 Blokes and donahs, .of the
foulest slums. 1894 Yellow Bk. I. 79 The little doner.
j
Donable, a. rar€~^, [ad. L. donabilisy f.
dondrc to present, Don.vte.I
X7a7 Baii.kv vol. II, DonabUt that may be given.
;
iDonaxy 'd(»'i-nari). [ad. I,, dondri-um reposi-
tory of onerings, offering, f. donttm gift.] A gift or
donation a votive offering,
; tion of Ccecilian as bishop of Carthage, in place
158* N. T. (Rhem.) Luke xxi. 5 The Temple .. was
adorned with goodly stones and donaries. x6ax Birton
.Anat. Mel. Democr. to Rdr. 57 Hospitals so built and
maintained, not by collections, benevolences, donaries.
1699 Bentlev Phal. iii. 125 Were not Cups frequently
among the Donaries presented to the Gods ? 1700 }. Brome
Trav. Eng. <V Scot, \\. (1707) 53 There have been several
Donaries conferred upon it [College] both in Kxhibitions
and Scholar- ships. 1848 Wharton La7v Lex.^ Donary, a
thing given to sacred uses. x86i F. Hai.i. in ^rw/. Asiat.
.Soc. Bengal 7 The kings, .granted away land by way of
local donaries.
Donat, var. of Donkt, Obs.
Do'natary* [ad. med.L. type
F. donalaire), f. L. dondt' ppl. stem of dondre to
present see -aky.] The donee or receiver of a
:
gift or donation a Doxatory sj>ec. in ^V. Law.
; :
1818 H. 'W CoLEBRooKK ObUg.ff Contr. I. 252 The giver's
preference of the donatary before his heir or presumptive suc-
cessor. i86x W. Wv.w. Diet. Lmt' Scot, ^Do*uitary., Xn'^x^c-
tice, the term is applied exclusively to the person to whom
the Crown makes a gift, as of escheat, nliimushxres^ or the
like. 1876 D. <ioRKiE.V«/«w/. .y H'int.in Orkneysxx. 7oOne
of the ravenous race of crown donataries.
Donate d^^m^t}, v, Xhiefly
[f. L.
'
ddndt- ppl. stem of dondre to present, f. ddn-um."]
1. trans. To make a donation or gift of; hence,
vulgarly (in U.S.), to give, l^estow, grant.
1845 R. W. Hamilton Pop. Kduc. vii. (ed. 2) 172 The
sixteenth [section] is 'donated' by Congress for the support
of common schools. i86s M. Hopkins Haivaii yi^ Under
the former tenure, all lands, to whomsoever donated, were
revocable at will. 1880 Mlikheau Ulpian vi. § 9 Retentions
out of a dowry are competent on account of things
. .
donated, or on account of things abstracted.
2. To present 'a |>erson, etc.*) with something.
i86a Trof.i.opk S. .Amer. I, 197 Soldiers returning from
the Mexican wars were donated-with warrants for land.
Do natee*. [f. 'is prec. + -ee.]
something is given a recipient ofa donation.
; free-chappels, and other howses ecclesiastical by the kings
Bcnllke a., Do'nly 1716 M. Davies Athen. Brit. II. no Some noble Protes-
tant Donatees. 1853 M. Kelly tr. Gosselin's Potfer Pope
II. 157 From ljeing..a donatee, you can become a donor.
Donater, obs. f, Donatob.
fDona-tian. Obs. =Donati8t.
against
i6»7 W. Sclater Rjtp. 2 Thess. (1629) 25a
12 2 A thought.
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Donation (d(mt^'j3n\ [a. F. donation^ ad. L.
dondtion-etHy n. of action f. donate to present.]
1. The action or faculty of giving or presenting ;
l)resentation, l^stowal ; grant.
(-14x5 WvNTOLN Cron. V. xii. 1207 De kyng..Mad til
Saynct Serf donatyowne Of Jjat Inch, r isas (////**) A
Treatyse of the donation or gyfte and endowment of
:
possessyons, gyuen and graunletl vnto Sylvester pope of
I
Khome, by Coustantync. 1597 Hooker Reel. Pol. v. Ixii.
I iQ The grace of Baptisme commeth by donation from ( lod
alone. 1667 Mii.ton /'. L. xn. 69 Tliat right we hold By
his donation. 1894 J. T. Fowi.er Adamnan Introd. 65
I
Who. .made to him a donation of the island of lona.
b, spec. The action or right of bestowing or
conferring a benefice ; the gift*.
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1540 .Act 32 Hen. I '///, c. 44 The aduouson, donacion and
presentacion of the said vicarage shall apperteyn. .to the
kyngcs hychnessc. ij»^ Swiet Drapier's Lett. Wks. 1755
V. II. 145 Many principal church livings are in the donation
of the crown. 1785 Pai.ev Mor. /'Alios. (1818) II. 22:/ The
offices in the donation of the king.
2. Laio. The action or contract by which a
person transfers the ownership of a thing from him-
self to another, as a free gift.
165X W. (J. tr. Coivel's Inst. 106 In I.^nds A Feoffment
is of a Fee simple to the Donee or Feoffee, and a Uonalion
,
or (Jift is of an Estate taile. 1765 Bi.ackstone Comni. I. iii.
,
(1793) 264 King William, (jueen Mary, and (juccn Anne,
did not take the crown by hereditary richt or descent, but
ijy way of donation or purchase, .is the lawyers call it.
1818 Crlise Digest (ed. 2) I. 5 A feud was a tract of land
held by a voluntary and gratuitous donation^ on condition
of fidelity and certain services.
j
!
3. That which is presented; a
1577 tr. Bullinger's Decades (isgs'i 960 They .had a dona-
I
tyon giuen vnto ech of them as it were a pleadge or earnest.
[
1630 Prvnne Anti-Armin. 120 It makes all these graces..
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not the absolute gifts, the free donations of God. 1756-7
Keysler's Trav. (1760) III. 197 All the gifts and
j
tr.
donations, .amounted to no more than six thousand ducats.
i
189s Daily Ne^vs 5 I)ec. 3/6 The commissioners
anticipated that the donations would fall off.
4. atlrib,, as donation-governor, a
;
slituted a governor of an institution
I
lion of a donation to its funds.
so you donate, and you're made a governor.
does this also apply today to governors of states I wonder?
how about to other officers and offices today? judge, cop,
prosecutor, clerk, commissioner, etc.?
DONATOB.
x86o Bartlett Diet. Amer.y Donation Party ^ a party
consisting of the friends and parishioners of a country
clergj'man assembled together, each individual bringing
some article.. as a present to him.. also called s. giving
Party. 1894 Daily i\\~zvs 13 July 7 '4 Preference to can-
didates recommended by a Donation Governor.
Donatism (dp-natiz'm). [f. as next + iSM (in
med.L. Vonatism-us).] The doctrine or principles
of the Donatists.
1588 J. Udall Demonstr. Discip. (Arb.) 64 It is a kind of
Donatisme to challenge such authoritie ouer princes. 1709
J. Johnson Clergym. Vade M. 11. 188 A bishop converted
from Donatism.
Donatist Mpnatist). EccL Hist. [ad. med.L.
Ddndtistay f. Dondtus see below.]
: One of a
sect of Christians which arose in North Africa
in the year 311, out of a dispute about the elec-
of whom they elected Majorinus ; they maintained
that their own party was the only true and pure
church, and that the baptisms and ordinations of
others were invalid.
It is uncertain whether the name was derived from
Donatus of Casa: Nigrae, a leading supporter of Majorinus,
*
or from Donatus the Great, who succeeded Majorinus as
bishop of Carthage.
^1460 Medulla in Cath. Angl. 104 note, Donatista, a
, .
donatiste [printed donatrice] : quedam heresis. 1549 Lati-
mer ^th Serm. bef. Edit: VI, (Arb.) 116 An other kynde
of poysoned hereiikes, that were called Donatistes, 1645
*dondldrius (in Pagitt Heresiogr, (1661) 68 The Separatists or Brownists
agree in many things with the Donatists, who confined the
holy Catholick Church to a comer of Africa, as the Brownists
do confine the Church of God to their conventicles, 1873
Robertson Hist. Chr. Ch. (1874) I. 176 note, At a later
lime, rebaplism of proselytes was practi.sed by the Do-
natists.
b. all rib. or tis)tiij.
1861 J. G. Sheppard Rail Rome vii. 372 The Donatist
sectaries. iBB$ Catholic Diet. 280 In 330 no less than 270
Donatist bishops met in council.
Hence Donati-stic, Bonativtical adjs., pertain-
Z7.5.) ing to Donatism or the Donatists ; Donatlstry
= Donatism (with implication of contempt).
1564 Brief Rxam.t, » * » iv, This smelleth. .either of Dona-
tistrie or Papistrie. 1581 Marbeck Bk. of Kotts 208 Both.
are donatistical. 16.^5 Pagitt Heresiogr. (1647) -^ '^ \ '\\\e
Donatisticall Brownihts. i8a8 Webster, Donattslic. 1889
Farrar Lrves Fathers II. xvii. 514 The deplorable Dona-
tistic controversy.
Donative (d^'nativ^, a. and sb. [ad. L. dond-
tivus adj., whence ddndttv-um sb. donation, largess,
f. ddmire : see Donate, and -ive.] A. aiij.
Characterized by being given or presented ; of
1.
the nature ofa donation: ^j/. of a benefice: Vesting
or vested by donation ; opposed to Presentative.
One to whom 1559 in Strypc Ann. Ref. I. App. viii. 22 Foundations of
Iyccnce,to be donatyvcand not prescntaiyve. i6ioGt'iLLiM
//rrrt/«/o'Vi. 111.(1611)260To these donatiue augmentations
of Armes I addc certaine Armes assumptiue. 176s
will
Blackstone Connn. \. xi. 382 'ITie deanery is donative, and
the installation merely by the king's letters patent. 1875
Bp. Magee in Pari, i June, The holder of a donative
As Donatians living owes x\o obedience to his diocesan.
ta. *That is able or apt to give* (Klount
Glosso^. 1656). Obs.
B.sb.
A donation, gift, present; es/. one given
1.
formally or officially, as a largess or lK>unty.
c 1430 Iadgate Balade of our Ladie xi, O mirthe of mar-
tyrs, swctcr then Sitole of Confessours also richest donatife.
1581 J. Bei.l Haddon^s Answ.Osor. 361b, The Graunt,
& Donative of Ludovicus Pius. 1994 Hooker Red. Pol.
II. v. I 7 The Romane Kmperours custome was at certaine
solemne times to bestow on his Souldiers a I>onatiue. 1599
Nashe Lenten Stuffe (1871) 17 The devout oblations and
donatives of the fishermen. x'n&^Xo^r.K^ Algiers \\. v. 313
Francis I gave the Grand Nlastcr a Royal Reception,
accompanied with a Princely Donative. 1843 J. Martineau
Chr. Life(iB6-^i 171 [Christ] ranked the widow's mite above
the vast donatives of vanity.
2. spec A benefice which the founder or patron
can bestow without presentation to or investment
by the ordinary.
1364 BuLLEVN Dial. agst. Pest. fi888) 83 He would faine
hauc a l)enefice or personage of some prctie donatiue; he
cannot get it at the bishoppes handes. 1686 Plot Staffotdsh.
2Q7 The King can create or found a Donative exempt from
the visitation of the ordinary. 177a Warton & HcnpEShORD
. .
Life Hi-arne-i^ He wasprcNented to the Donative or Curacy
of Elsfield near Oxford. 1877 J.C. Cox (7/. Derlysh. III.
84 'I'his living was a donative, from the dissolution of the
monasteries to the first year of Anne.
fS. One who is presented to a benefice. Obs.
rare.
1651 N. Bacon Disc. CtK't. Eng. 11. xxvii. (1739) 127 In
their Original, Bishops were meerly Donatives from the
Crown, invested by delivery of the Ring and Pastoral Staff.
gift,
Hence Do'natlvely aeiv., by way of a donation.
.
i8»7 G. S. Fabeh Orig. Exp. Sacr. n. iii. 64 Donati»cIy
presenting .sacrifices and vows and libations.
.
Donator ' (d^m^'toit. [a, AF. donatour, F. do-
naleur^ ad. L. dondtdr-cm, agent-n. f, dondre to
had present.] One wlio makes a donation a donor. ;
C1449 Pecock Repr. iii. xix. 412 Chartours of the
donatourisorof the ?euers. 1873 Misses YKo^^vm Florence
jxjrson con-
(1884) I. V. 93 The donator and his wife kneel at the feet of
in considera- the Virgin. 1894 'VetbUt 22 Dec. 974 The intention of the
donator.