Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Dotation \Do*ta"tion\, n. [LL. dotatio, fr. L. dotare to endow,
   fr. dos, dotis, dower: cf. F. dotation. See {Dot} dowry.]
   1. The act of endowing, or bestowing a marriage portion on a
      woman.

   2. Endowment; establishment of funds for support, as of a
      hospital or eleemosynary corporation. --Blackstone.