[f. as prec. + -AL 2.] The action of bestowing; a. disposal, location; b. presentation, gift.
1773. Gentl. Mag., XLIII. 633. If the bestowal of necessaries be a task fruitless as the fabled labour of Sisyphus.
1867. Freeman, Norm. Conq. (1876), I. App. 660. The bestowal of the earldom on Eric I have mentioned.
