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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024dis•pen•sa•tion /ˌdɪspənˈseɪʃən, -pɛn-/USA pronunciation n. - an act or instance of dispensing:[uncountable]the fair dispensation of justice.
- [uncountable] a certain order, system, or arrangement.
- doing away with a general rule or law in a particular instance:[countable]needed a special dispensation to marry outside the parish.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024dis•pen•sa•tion (dis′pən sā′shən, -pen-),USA pronunciation n. - an act or instance of dispensing; distribution.
- something that is distributed or given out.
- a certain order, system, or arrangement;
administration or management. - Religion[Theol.]
- the divine ordering of the affairs of the world.
- an appointment, arrangement, or favor, as by God.
- a divinely appointed order or age:the old Mosaic, or Jewish, dispensation; the new gospel, or Christian, dispensation.
- a dispensing with, doing away with, or doing without something.
- Religion[Rom. Cath. Ch.]
- 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.
- an official document authorizing such a relaxation of law.
- Medieval Latin dispēnsātiōn- (stem of dispēnsātiō) a pardon, relaxation, Late Latin: order, system, divine grace, Latin: distribution, equivalent. to dispēnsāt(us) (past participle of dispēnsāre to dispense; see -ate1) + -iōn- -ion
- Middle English dispensacioun 1325–75
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged dispersion, meting out, apportioning, dissemination, bestowal.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: dispensation /ˌdɪspɛnˈseɪʃən/ n - the act of distributing or dispensing
- something distributed or dispensed
- a system or plan of administering or dispensing
- chiefly permission to dispense with an obligation of church law
- any exemption from a rule or obligation
- the ordering of life and events by God
- a religious system or code of prescriptions for life and conduct regarded as of divine origin
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