religious endowment
collocation in Englishmeaningsofreligiousandendowment
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religious
adjective
us//uk/rɪˈlɪdʒ.əs/
relating ...
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endowment
noun
uk/ɪnˈdaʊ.mənt/us/ɪnˈdaʊ.mənt/
money that is given to a college, hospital, etc. in order to provide it with an income, or the giving of ...
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(Definition ofreligiousandendowmentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The railway was to be a waqf, an inalienablereligiousendowmentor charitable trust.
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This was an issue of concern to the state, particularly given its desire to tax religious endowments efficiently.
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Who was linked as heirs or beneficiaries of religious endowments?
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However, the restoration of temples in this period was a part of the traditional religious endowments by the king.
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The district director of religious endowments supervises all preachers and exhorters, including the latter's monthly rotation.
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We did hope that we might hear some better alternative than this county council scheme for dealing with religious endowments.
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The exemption of charities and religious endowments from taxation is a subject which has frequently been brought forward.
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As regards religious endowments, of course, everyone will agree that cases of that kind ought to be provided for.
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It may be urged that at any rate religious endowments stand upon a different footing.
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Education, religious endowments, marriage laws and other matters were dealt with, not in geographical areas, but by communities.
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It seems to me a serious thing that in this particular place you can find advocates for taking away religious endowments contrary to the whole spirit of our laws.
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Some district chiefs were directly responsible for the appointment of instructors at the local madrasahs, as well as naming the overseers of religious endowments ("waqfs").
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The first was the religious endowments.
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There were also changes in the ministries of transport, military production, higher education, communication, agriculture, health, religious endowments, local development, trade and industry and civil aviation, with ministers being replaced.
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Perctarit's reign is not noted for its military accomplishments, but for his religious endowments.
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