Meaning of DISPENSATION
| Pronunciation: | | `dispun'seyshun
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- [n] an exemption from some rule or obligation
- [n] the act of dispensing (giving out in portions)
- [n] a share that has been dispensed or distributed
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| | See Also: | | distribution, license, part, percentage, permission, permit, portion, share | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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.
To respect the dispensations of Providence. --Burke.
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.
Neither are God's methods or intentions different in
his dispensations to each private man. --Rogers.
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.).
A dispensation was obtained to enable Dr. Barrow to
marry. --Ward.
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| Easton Bible Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | (Gr. oikonomia, "management," "economy"). (1.) The method or scheme according to which God carries out his purposes towards men is called a dispensation. There are usually reckoned three dispensations, the Patriarchal, the Mosaic or Jewish, and the Christian. (See COVENANT, Administration of.) These were so many stages in God's unfolding of his purpose of grace toward men. The word is not found with this meaning in Scripture. (2.) A commission to preach the gospel (1 Cor. 9:17; Eph. 1:10; 3:2; Col. 1:25). Dispensations of Providence are providential events which affect men either in the way of mercy or of judgement. |
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