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- Dictionarydispensation/ˌdɪsp(ə)nˈseɪʃn/
noun
- 1. exemption from a rule or usual requirement: "although she was too young, she was given special dispensation to play before her birthday" Similar
- 2. a political, religious, or social system prevailing at a particular time: "scholarship is conveyed to a wider audience than under the old dispensation" Similar
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The meaning of DISPENSATION is a general state or ordering of things; specifically : a system of revealed commands and promises regulating human affairs. How to use dispensation in a sentence.
DISPENSATION definition: 1. special permission, especially from the Church, to do something that is not usually allowed: 2…. Learn more.
a certain order, system, or arrangement; administration or management. 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.
The act of giving or portioning something out is called dispensation. Your teacher will have a hard time with the dispensation of biology textbooks if there aren't enough copies for everyone in the class. The Latin root word of dispensation is dispensare, which means to disburse or administer.
A dispensation is a religious or political system that has authority at a particular time.
[uncountable] (formal) the act or process of providing something, especially by somebody in authority. the dispensation of justice. [countable] (specialist) a political or religious system that operates in a country at a particular time. Word Origin. See dispensation in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Check pronunciation: dispensation.
1. the act of distributing or dispensing. 2. something distributed or dispensed. 3. a system or plan of administering or dispensing. 4. (Roman Catholic Church) chiefly RC Church.
the old Mosaic, or Jewish, dispensation; the new gospel, or Christian, dispensation. a dispensing with, doing away with, or doing without something. Roman Catholic Church.
noun [ C, U ] uk / ˌdɪspenˈseɪʃ ə n / us. Add to word list. special permission to do something: [ + to do sth ] The court would not grant him a dispensation to visit his children. (Definition of dispensation from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Translations of dispensation. in Chinese (Traditional)
Dispensation definition: An exemption or release from an obligation or rule, granted by or as if by an authority.
