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dis·pen·sa·tion (dis′pən sā′s̸hən)

noun

  1. a dispensing, or giving out; distribution
  2. anything dispensed or distributed
  3. the system by which anything is administered; management
  4. any release or exemption from an obligation
  5. Law the suspension of a statute in a specific case for extenuating reasons
  6. R.C.Ch. an exemption or release from the provisions of a specific church law
  7. Theol.
    1. the ordering of events under divine authority
    2. any religious system

Etymology: ME dispensacioun < OFr despensation < L dispensatio, management, charge < pp. of dispensare, dispense

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dispensation Synonyms

dispensation

n.

  1. Distribution

    allocation, allotment, endowment; see distribution 1, 2.

  2. Management

    direction, regulation, supervision; see administration 1.

  3. Release from obligation

    exemption, waiver, indulgence, authorization; see freedom 2, permission.


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dispensation Usage Examples

Preposition: of

  • grace: The content of the sign is at least this: the new dispensation of grace under the messianic lordship of Jesus Christ.

Preposition: from

  • duty: The Court of Protection has a general power of dispensation from the duty of notification.

Converse of object

  • grant: Henry was granted a special dispensation from the pope.

Adjective modifier

  • papal: Papal dispensations for the union had to be obtained.

Noun used with modifier

  • testament: This was emphatically taught in connection with the gorgeous ritual of the Old Testament dispensation.
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But set down This, set down This: were we led all that way for Birth or Death? There was a Birth, certainly, We had evidence and no doubt. I had seen birth and death But had thought they were different; this Birth was Hard and bitter agony for us, like Death, our death. We returned to our places, these Kingdoms, But no longer at ease here, in the old dispensation, With an alien people clutching their gods. I should be glad of another death.

-Eliot,T(homas) S(tearns)

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