Definitions for dispensation

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dispensation dis·pen·sa·tion

Spelling: [dis-puh n-sey-shuh n, -pen-]

IPA: /ˌdɪs pənˈseɪ ʃən, -pɛn-/

Dispensation is a 12 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

You can make 1335 anagrams from letters in dispensation (adeiinnopsst).

Definitions for dispensation

noun

1. an act or instance of dispensing; distribution.
2. something that is distributed or given out.
3. a certain order, system, or arrangement; administration or management.
4. Theology. the divine ordering of the affairs of the world. an appointment, arrangement, or favor, as by God. a divinely appointed order or age:
5. a dispensing with, doing away with, or doing without something.
6. 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: an official document authorizing such a relaxation of law.

Origin of dispensation

1325-75; Middle English dispensacioun Medieval Latin dispēnsātiōn- (stem of dispēnsātiō) a pardon, relaxation, Late Latin: order, system, divine grace, Latin: distribution, equivalent to disp

Examples for dispensation

He made no discrimination in the dispensation of his charity.

The monk obtained a dispensation from his vows, and married the young girl.

In this wise was ushered in the dispensation of the Fulness of Times.

I imagine your excellency has obtained a dispensation from the mufti?

Our narrator insists that such a dispensation was never on offer or agreed to in 1982 when the band came together.

We must therefore obtain a dispensation in order to be married.

Still, if the dispensation of the pope could be obtained, he would make no objection.

The dispensation of pardons was not regulated by any uniform principles.

Their friends in parliament said that the dispensation was unnecessary.

“Well, Mrs. Feathertop, this is a dispensation,” said Mrs. Scratchard.