dispensation

UK:^*^*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˌdɪspɛnˈseɪʃ^ən/

US:USA pronunciation: IPAUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˌdɪspənˈseɪʃən, -pɛn-/

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(dis′pən sā′shən, -pen-)

dis•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.

dis•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

dis′pen•sa′tion•al, adj.

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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

ˌdispenˈsational adj

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