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   dispensation

   /ˌdɪsp(ə)nˈseɪʃn/

   noun

   • 1. exemption from a rule or usual requirement: "although she was too young, she was given special dispensation to play before her birthday" Similar exemptionimmunityexceptionexclusionexonerationfreedomreleasereliefreprieveremissionrelaxationabsolutionimpunityinformal:a let-off
   • ▪ permission to be exempted from the laws or observances of the Church: "he received papal dispensation to hold a number of benefices"
   • 2. a political, religious, or social system prevailing at a particular time: "scholarship is conveyed to a wider audience than under the old dispensation" Similar systemorderschemeplanarrangementorganization
   • ▪ (in Christian theology) a divinely ordained system prevailing at a particular period of history: "the Mosaic dispensation"
   • ▪ an act of divine providence: archaic "the laws to which the creator in all his dispensations conforms"
   • 3. the action of distributing or supplying something: "regulations controlling dispensation of medications" Similar distributionprovisionprovidingsupplysupplyingissueissuingpassing roundpassing outgiving outhanding outdealing outdoling outsharing outdividing outparcelling outdivisionallocationallotmentapportionmentassignmentbestowalconfermentdisbursementinformal:dishing out

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Latin dispensatio(n-), from the verb dispensare (see dispense).

   Derivatives

   • 1. dispensational adjective

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2. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › dispensationDispensation Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

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   The meaning of DISPENSATION is a general state or ordering of things; specifically : a system of revealed commands and promises regulating human affairs. How to use dispensation in a sentence.

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   DISPENSATION definition: 1. special permission, especially from the Church, to do something that is not usually allowed: 2…. Learn more.

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   a certain order, system, or arrangement; administration or management. Theology. 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.

5. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishDISPENSATION definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

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   A dispensation is special permission to do something that is normally not allowed. A special dispensation may by obtained from the domestic union concerned. They were promised dispensation from military service. [ + from] The committee was not prepared to use its discretion and grant special dispensation.

6. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › dispensationDispensation - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com

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   The act of giving or portioning something out is called dispensation. Your teacher will have a hard time with the dispensation of biology textbooks if there aren't enough copies for everyone in the class. The Latin root word of dispensation is dispensare, which means to disburse or administer.

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   DISPENSATION meaning: 1. special permission, especially from the Church, to do something that is not usually allowed: 2…. Learn more.

8. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › english › dispensationdispensation noun - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage...

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   [uncountable] (formal) the act or process of providing something, especially by somebody in authority. the dispensation of justice. [countable] (specialist) a political or religious system that operates in a country at a particular time. Word Origin. See dispensation in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Check pronunciation: dispensation.