DISPENSATION
\dɪspɪnsˈe͡ɪʃən], \dɪspɪnsˈeɪʃən], \d_ɪ_s_p_ɪ_n_s_ˈeɪ_ʃ_ə_n]\
Definitions of DISPENSATION
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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By Princeton University
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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The act of dispensing or dealing out; distribution; often used of the distribution of good and evil by God to man, or more generically, of the acts and modes of his administration.
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That which is dispensed, dealt out, or appointed; that which is enjoined or bestowed
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A system of principles, promises, and rules ordained and administered; scheme; economy; as, the Patriarchal, Mosaic, and Christian dispensations.
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The relaxation of a law in a particular case; permission to do something forbidden, or to omit doing something enjoined; specifically, in the Roman Catholic Church, exemption from some ecclesiastical law or obligation to God which a man has incurred of his own free will (oaths, vows, etc.).
By Oddity Software
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The act of dispensing or dealing out; distribution; often used of the distribution of good and evil by God to man, or more generically, of the acts and modes of his administration.
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That which is dispensed, dealt out, or appointed; that which is enjoined or bestowed
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A system of principles, promises, and rules ordained and administered; scheme; economy; as, the Patriarchal, Mosaic, and Christian dispensations.
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The relaxation of a law in a particular case; permission to do something forbidden, or to omit doing something enjoined; specifically, in the Roman Catholic Church, exemption from some ecclesiastical law or obligation to God which a man has incurred of his own free will (oaths, vows, etc.).
By Noah Webster.
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The act of giving out in portions; distribution; that which is appointed by a higher power; the suspending of a rule in some particular case; a license granted from the Pope, or by a bishop.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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The act of dispensing or dealing out: the dealing of God with His creatures: the distribution of good and evil in the divine government: license or permission to neglect a rule.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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The act of dispensing.
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Exemption as from an ecclesiastical rule.
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A special divine revelation or dealing.
By James Champlin Fernald
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Dispensatio, Dioecesis, Epinemesis. Same etymon. The composition and distribution of medicines according to prescription. In France, it is more commonly applied to the weighing, measuring, and arranging of the articles which have to enter into formula, prior to combining them.
By Robley Dunglison
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n. Distribution; act of giving or dealing out;—the dealings of God with his creatures; general distribution of good or evil in the divine economy;—the particular mode or form of God’s dealings, embodied in laws, rites, and promises; the Mosaic dispensation; the Christian dispensation;—in the Romish church, a licence to do what is forbidden, or omit what is commanded; exemption.
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