a certain order, system, or arrangement; administration or management.
4.
Theology.
a.
the divine ordering of the affairs of the world.
b.
an appointment, arrangement, or favor, as by God.
c.
a divinely appointed order or age: the old Mosaic, or Jewish, dispensation; the new gospel, or Christian, dispensation.
5.
a dispensing with, doing away with, or doing without something.
6.
Roman Catholic Church.
a.
a relaxation of law in a particular case granted by a competent superior or the superior's delegate in laws that the superior has the power to make and enforce: a dispensation regarding the Lenten fast.
b.
an official document authorizing such a relaxation of law.
Origin: 1325–75; ME dispensacioun < ML dispēnsātiōn- (s. of dispēnsātiō) a pardon, relaxation, LL: order, system, divine grace, L: distribution, equiv. to dispēnsāt(us) (ptp. of dispēnsāre to dispense; see -ate1) + -iōn--ion
A specific arrangement or system by which something is dispensed.
An exemption from a church law, a vow, or another similar obligation granted in a particular case by an ecclesiastical authority.
The document containing this exemption.
The divine ordering of worldly affairs.
A religious system or code of commands considered to have been divinely revealed or appointed.
An exemption or release from an obligation or rule, granted by or as if by an authority.
An exemption from a church law, a vow, or another similar obligation granted in a particular case by an ecclesiastical authority.
The document containing this exemption.
The divine ordering of worldly affairs.
A religious system or code of commands considered to have been divinely revealed or appointed.
Theology
The divine ordering of worldly affairs.
A religious system or code of commands considered to have been divinely revealed or appointed.
[Medieval Latin dispēnsātiō, dispēnsātiōn-, from Latin, distribution, management, from dispēnsātus, past participle of dispēnsāre, to distribute; see dispense.] dis'pen·sa'tion·al adj.
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