dispensation

  • 31Dispensation —    (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… …

    Easton's Bible Dictionary

  • 32dispensation — dis·pen·sa·tion .dis pən sā shən, .pen n the act of dispensing <the dispensation of medicines> …

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  • 33Dispensation —    A formal license, granted by ecclesiastical authority, to do something which is not ordinarily permitted by the canons, or to leave undone something that may be prescribed. In the American Canons, dispensation has special reference to an… …

    American Church Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  • 34dispensation — noun 1》 the action of dispensing. 2》 exemption from a rule or usual requirement. 3》 a religious or political system prevailing at a particular time: the Mosaic dispensation. 4》 archaic an act of divine providence. Derivatives dispensational… …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 35dispensation — An exemption from some laws; a permission to do something forbidden; an allowance to omit something commanded; the canonistic name for a license. A relaxation of law for the benefit or advantage of an individual. In the United States, no power… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 36dispensation — An exemption from some laws; a permission to do something forbidden; an allowance to omit something commanded; the canonistic name for a license. A relaxation of law for the benefit or advantage of an individual. In the United States, no power… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 37Dispensation (album) — Dispensation Studio album by Jimsaku Released November 21, 1996 Genre Jazz Label B …

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  • 38Dispensation (period) — For other uses, see Dispensation. In certain religions, a dispensation is a distinctive arrangement or period in history that forms the framework through which God relates to mankind. Contents 1 Protestant dispensations 2 Latter Day Saint… …

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  • 39Dispensation of the fulness of times — For other uses, see Dispensation (disambiguation). In Christianity, the dispensation (or administration) of the fulness of times is thought to be a world order or administration in which the heavens and the earth are under the political and/or… …

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  • 40Dispensation (mormonisme) — Lexique du mormonisme Comme beaucoup d organisations ou de communautés cultuelles, les saints des derniers jours (mormons) utilisent un langage qui leur est propre et qui se traduit par un lexique riche d expressions dont le sens peut échapper à… …

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