dis·pen·sa·tion
(dĭśpən-sā́shən, -pĕn-)
[Medieval Latin dispēnsātiō, dispēnsātiōn-, from Latin, distribution, management, from dispēnsātus past participle of dispēnsāre, to distribute; see dispense.]
noun
- The act of dispensing.
- Something dispensed.
- A specific arrangement or system by which something is dispensed.
- An exemption or release from an obligation or rule, granted by or as if by an authority.
- An exemption from a church law, a vow, or another similar obligation granted in a particular case by an ecclesiastical authority.
- The document containing this exemption.
- Theology
- The divine ordering of worldly affairs.
- A religious system or code of commands considered to have been divinely revealed or appointed.
derivatives
- diśpen·sátion·al
- adjective