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dispensation

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dis·pen·sa·tion  (dspn-sshn, -pn-)
n.
1.
a. The act of dispensing.
b. Something dispensed.
c. A specific arrangement or system by which something is dispensed.
2. An exemption or release from an obligation or rule, granted by or as if by an authority.
3.
a. An exemption from a church law, a vow, or another similar obligation granted in a particular case by an ecclesiastical authority.
b. The document containing this exemption.
4. Theology
a. The divine ordering of worldly affairs.
b. A religious system or code of commands considered to have been divinely revealed or appointed.

[Medieval Latin dispnsti, dispnstin-, from Latin, distribution, management, from dispnstus, past participle of dispnsre, to distribute; see dispense.]

dispen·sation·al adj.

dispensation
Noun
1. the act of distributing or dispensing
2. Chiefly RC Church permission to dispense with an obligation of church law
3. any exemption from an obligation
4. the ordering of life and events by God
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.dispensation - an exemption from some rule or obligation
permission, permit, license - the act of giving a formal (usually written) authorization
variance - an official dispensation to act contrary to a rule or regulation (typically a building regulation); "a zoning variance"
2.dispensation - a share that has been dispensed or distributed
share, percentage, portion, part - assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group; "he wanted his share in cash"
3.dispensation - the act of dispensing (giving out in portions)
distribution - the act of distributing or spreading or apportioning

dispensation
Translations
dispensation [dɪspɛnˈseɪʃən] n (REL) → dispensa
dispensation [dɪspənˈseɪʃən] n (of treatment) → Vergabe f;
(special permission) → Dispens m;
dispensation of justice → Rechtsprechung f


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If you, who are the valet, hope for dispensation to commit a crime, shall not I, the friend of your bishop, have dispensation for eating meat at the call of my stomach?
What thou sayst is passing true, but I like not the privileges acquired by the dispensation of the Grand Master, and the merit acquired by the slaughter of three hundred Saracens.
The only means, then, which they can possess, will be in the dispensation of appointments.
 
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