The dotage of the nation on presbytery.
Bp. Burnet.
Do"tal (?), a. [L. dotalis, fr. dos, dotis, dowry: cf. F. dotal. See Dot dowry.] Pertaining to dower, or a woman's marriage portion; constituting dower, or comprised in it. Garth.
Do"tant (?), n. A dotard. [Obs.] Shak.
Do"tard (?), n. [Dote, v. i.] One whose mind is impaired by age; one in second childhood.
The sickly dotard wants a wife.
Prior.
Do"tard*ly, a. Foolish; weak. Dr. H. More.
Do"ta*ry (?), n. A dotard's weakness; dotage. [Obs.] Drayton.
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.
Dote (?), n. [See Dot dowry.] 1. A marriage portion. [Obs.] See 1st Dot, n. Wyatt.