What is "donation party"

Donation \Do*na"tion\, n. [L. donatio; cf. F. donation.]

1. The act of giving or bestowing; a grant.

   After donation there is an absolute change and alienation of the property of the thing given.
   --South.

2. That which is given as a present; that which is transferred to another gratuitously; a gift.

   And some donation freely to estate On the bless'd lovers.
   --Shak.

3. (Law) The act or contract by which a person voluntarily transfers the title to a thing of which be is the owner, from himself to another, without any consideration, as a free gift.
   --Bouvier.

   Donation party, a party assembled at the house of some one, as of a clergyman, each one bringing some present. [U.S.]
   --Bartlett.

   Syn: Gift; present; benefaction; grant. See Gift.