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1. (n.) dispensation
an act or instance of dispensing; distribution.
2. dispensation
something that is distributed or given out.
3. dispensation
a certain order, system, or arrangement; administration or management.
4. dispensation
the divine ordering of the affairs of the world.
5. dispensation
a divinely appointed order or age.
6. dispensation
a dispensing with, doing away with, or doing without something.
7. dispensation
Rom. Cath. Ch.
8. dispensation
a relaxation of law granted by a competent superior.
9. dispensation
an official document authorizing this.
Etymology: (1325–75; ME < ML, L)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) dispensation
an exemption from some rule or obligation
2. (noun) dispensation
a share that has been dispensed or distributed
3. (noun) dispensation
the act of dispensing (giving out in portions)
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) dispensation
the act of dispensing or dealing out; distribution; often used of the distribution of good and evil by God to man, or more generically, of the acts and modes of his administration
2. (noun) dispensation
that which is dispensed, dealt out, or appointed; that which is enjoined or bestowed
3. (noun) dispensation
a system of principles, promises, and rules ordained and administered; scheme; economy; as, the Patriarchal, Mosaic, and Christian dispensations
4. (noun) dispensation
the relaxation of a law in a particular case; permission to do something forbidden, or to omit doing something enjoined; specifically, in the Roman Catholic Church, exemption from some ecclesiastical law or obligation to God which a man has incurred of his own free will (oaths, vows, etc.)
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