Dispensation Definition

dĭspən-sāshən, -pĕn-
dispensations
noun
A dispensing, or giving out; distribution.
Webster's New World
Anything dispensed or distributed.
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The system by which anything is administered; management.
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Any release or exemption from an obligation.
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The suspension of a statute in a specific case for extenuating reasons.
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Noun

Singular:
dispensation
Plural:
dispensations

Origin of Dispensation

  • Medieval Latin dispēnsātiō dispēnsātiōn- from Latin distribution, management from dispēnsātus past participle of dispēnsāre to distribute dispense

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Old French despensacion

    From Wiktionary

Dispensation Sentence Examples

  • Similarly in the Christian dispensation all is in order due.

  • Dean figured Fred was making a last ditch effort for a dispensation from his public duty.

  • The constable dissolved this union, and after lengthy negotiations obtained the dispensation of the pope.

  • Thus, people now, finding themselves in a new democratic dispensation, are forcing the issue.

  • In 1538 he obtained a dispensation permitting him to hold a benefice, notwithstanding his being a natural son, and in June 1546 he was made an acolyte in the cathedral church of Aberdeen, of which he was afterwards appointed a canon and prebendary.

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Words Starting With

DDIDIS

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NONION

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