Definition of dispensation
1a : a general state or ordering of things specifically : a system of revealed (see reveal entry 1 sense 1) commands and promises regulating human affairs a privilege maintained under the new dispensation
b : a particular arrangement or provision especially of providence or nature
involving special dispensation by the Church
2a : an exemption from a law or from an impediment, vow, or oath
may be granted a dispensation from the rule
b : a formal authorization
requested a dispensation to form another lodge
3a : the act of dispensing the dispensation of medication
b : something dispensed or distributed
… one of the most remarkable cultural dispensations in the country's history, the paperback book.— T. E. Cooney
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The first known use of dispensation was in the 14th century
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