ALL meanings of dispensation
dis·pen·sa·tion
D d - noun dispensation an act or instance of dispensing; distribution. 1
- noun dispensation something that is distributed or given out. 1
- noun dispensation a certain order, system, or arrangement; administration or management. 1
- noun dispensation 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. 1
- noun dispensation a dispensing with, doing away with, or doing without something. 1
- noun dispensation Roman Catholic Church. 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. 1
- noun dispensation exemption 1
- abbreviation DISPENSATION distribution 1
- noun dispensation Exemption from a rule or usual requirement. 1
- variable noun dispensation A dispensation is special permission to do something that is normally not allowed. 0
- uncountable noun dispensation Dispensation of something is the issuing of it, especially from a position of authority. 0
- countable noun dispensation A dispensation is a religious or political system that has authority at a particular time. 0
- noun dispensation the act of distributing or dispensing 0
- noun dispensation something distributed or dispensed 0
- noun dispensation a system or plan of administering or dispensing 0
- noun dispensation permission to dispense with an obligation of church law 0
- noun dispensation the document authorizing such permission 0
- noun dispensation any exemption from a rule or obligation 0
- noun dispensation the ordering of life and events by God 0
- noun dispensation a divine decree affecting an individual or group 0
- noun dispensation a religious system or code of prescriptions for life and conduct regarded as of divine origin 0
- noun dispensation a dispensing, or giving out; distribution 0
- noun dispensation anything dispensed or distributed 0
- noun dispensation the system by which anything is administered; management 0
- noun dispensation any release or exemption from an obligation 0
- noun dispensation the suspension of a statute in a specific case for extenuating reasons 0
- noun dispensation an exemption or release from the provisions of a specific church law 0
- noun dispensation the ordering of events under divine authority 0
- noun dispensation any religious system 0
- noun dispensation 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. 0
- noun dispensation That which is dispensed, dealt out, or appointed; that which is enjoined or bestowed. 0
- noun dispensation A system of principles, promises, and rules ordained and administered; scheme; economy; as, the Patriarchal, Mosaic, and Christian dispensations. 0
- noun dispensation 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.). 0