dispensation

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   The act of dispensing or dealing out

   The act of dispensing or dealing out; distribution

   • a fair dispensation of money
   • The public's health is hardly improved by compounding the existing problem with the dispensation of undocumented, partially true or totally false material.
2. 2

   The distribution of good and evil by God to man.

   • Shall we not accompt theſe a part of Gods dispenſation, and therefore good in the Fountaine, from whence they flowed
3. 3

   That which is dispensed, dealt out, or given

   That which is dispensed, dealt out, or given; that which is bestowed on someone

   • Bowman certainly lost no time in travelling south to obtain his dispensation once he had published the sermon
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   1. 4

      A system of principles, promises, and rules ordained and administered

      A system of principles, promises, and rules ordained and administered; scheme; economy

      • the Patriarchal, Mosaic, and Christian dispensations
      • We returned to our places, these Kingdoms, But no longer at ease here, in the old dispensation, With an alien people clutching their gods.
   2. 5

      The relaxation of a law in a particular case

      The relaxation of a law in a particular case; permission to do something forbidden, or to omit doing something enjoined; exemption.

      • Special grounds for giving dispensation to see classified documents include research purposes.

The neighborhood

• neighbordispensationalism
• neighbordispensationalist