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The granting or dedication of property in trust for a pious purpose, that is, to some object that tends to the good of mankind, as to support a mosque or caravansary, to provide for support of one's family, kin, or neighbors, to benefit some particular person or persons and afterward the poor, etc.; also, the trust so created, or the property in trust.
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- Formerly Professor James did this, at least in a large number of cases. - "Mrs. Piper & the Society for Psychical Research", Michael Sage.
- Just Certainly not so formerly, but with lead. - "The Clouds", Aristophanes.
- Formerly one might see at church what was the cut of a coat half a century ago, now dress was spruce and modern. - "A Short History of English Agriculture", W. H. R. Curtler.