English
Pronunciation
Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-eɪ��n|-eɪ��n
Noun
en-noun
#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.
#That which is dispensed, dealt out, or appointed; that which is enjoined or bestowed
#A system of principles, promises, and rules ordained and administered; scheme; economy; as, the Patriarchal, Mosaic, and Christian dispensations.
#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.).
Translations
Italian: deroga f
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de:dispensation
fr:dispensation
io:dispensation
id:dispensation
te:dispensation
vi:dispensation
zh:dispensation
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