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Dispensation
(gcide) | Dispensation \Dis`pen*sa"tion\, n. [F. dispensation, L.
dispensatio.]
1. 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.
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To respect the dispensations of Providence. --Burke.
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2. That which is dispensed, dealt out, or appointed; that
which is enjoined or bestowed; especially (Theol.), A
system of principles, promises, and rules ordained and
administered; scheme; economy; as, the Patriarchal,
Mosaic, and Christian dispensations.
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Neither are God's methods or intentions different in
his dispensations to each private man. --Rogers.
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3. 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.).
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A dispensation was obtained to enable Dr. Barrow to
marry. --Ward.
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dispensation
(wn) | dispensation
n 1: an exemption from some rule or obligation
2: a share that has been dispensed or distributed
3: the act of dispensing (giving out in portions) |
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dispensation
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dispensation
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Patriarchal dispensation
(gcide) | Patriarchal \Pa`tri*ar"chal\, a. [Cf. F. patriarcal.]
1. Of or pertaining to a patriarch or to patriarchs;
possessed by, or subject to, patriarchs; as, patriarchal
authority or jurisdiction; a patriarchal see; a
patriarchal church.
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2. Characteristic of a patriarch; venerable.
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About whose patriarchal knee
Late the little children clung. --Tennyson.
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3. (Ethnol.) Having an organization of society and government
in which the head of the family exercises authority over
all its generations.
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Patriarchal cross (Her.), a cross, the shaft of which is
intersected by two transverse beams, the upper one being
the smaller. See Illust. (2) of Cross.
Patriarchal dispensation, the divine dispensation under
which the patriarchs lived before the law given by Moses.
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dispensation
(wn) | dispensation
n 1: an exemption from some rule or obligation
2: a share that has been dispensed or distributed
3: the act of dispensing (giving out in portions) |
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