dispensation – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
dispensation
n.
distribution, apportionment, bestowal; permission, exception
Dispensation
Dispensation may refer to:
dispensation
Noun
1. an exemption from some rule or obligation
(hypernym) license, permission, permit
(derivation) dispense
2. a share that has been dispensed or distributed
(hypernym) share, portion, part, percentage
(derivation) distribute, administer, mete out, deal, parcel out, lot, dispense, shell out, deal out, dish out, allot, dole out
3. the act of dispensing (giving out in portions)
(hypernym) distribution
(derivation) distribute, administer, mete out, deal, parcel out, lot, dispense, shell out, deal out, dish out, allot, dole out
dispensation
nf.
dispensation; distribution, apportionment; bestowal; permission, exception
Dispensation
(n.)
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.).
(n.)
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.
(n.)
That which is dispensed, dealt out, or appointed; that which is enjoined or bestowed
(n.)
A system of principles, promises, and rules ordained and administered; scheme; economy; as, the Patriarchal, Mosaic, and Christian dispensations.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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