Part 3261

<i>Pope.</i>

<h1>Dispensation</h1> <Xpage=429>

<hw>Dis`pen*sa"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>dispensation</ets>, L. <ets>dispensatio</ets>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>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.</def>

<blockquote>To respect the <b>dispensations</b> of Providence. <i>Burke.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>That which is dispensed, dealt out, or appointed; that which is enjoined or bestowed</def>; especially <fld>(Theol.)</fld>, <def>a system of principles, promises, and rules ordained and administered; scheme; economy; <as>as, the Patriarchal, Mosaic, and Christian <ex>dispensations</ex></as>.</def>

<blockquote>Neither are God's methods or intentions different in his <b>dispensations</b> to each private man. <i>Rogers.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>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.).</def>

<blockquote>A <b>dispensation</b> was obtained to enable Dr. Barrow to marry. <i>Ward.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Dispensative</h1> <Xpage=429>

<hw>Dis*pen"sa*tive</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>dispensatif</ets>.]</ety> <def>Granting dispensation.</def>

<h1>Dispensatively</h1> <Xpage=429>

<hw>Dis*pen"sa*tive*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>By dispensation.</def>

<i>Wotton.</i>

<h1>Dispensator</h1> <Xpage=429>

<hw>Dis"pen*sa`tor</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L.]</ety> <def>A distributer; a dispenser.</def>

<i>Bacon.</i>

<h1>Dispensatorily</h1> <Xpage=429>

<hw>Dis*pen"sa*to*ri*ly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In the way of dispensation; dispensatively.</def>

<h1>Dispensatory</h1> <Xpage=429>

<hw>Dis*pen"sa*to*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>dispensatorius</ets> relating to management. See <er>Dispense</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt>]</ety> <def>Granting, or authorized to grant, dispensations.</def> "<i>Dispensatory</i> power."

<i>Bp. Rainbow.</i>

<h1>Dispensatory</h1> <Xpage=429>

<hw>Dis*pen"sa*to*ry</hw>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Dispensatories</plw> <tt>(<?/)</tt>.</plu> <def>A book or medicinal formulary containing a systematic description of drugs, and of preparations made from them. It is usually, but not always, distinguished from a pharmacop&oe;ia in that it issued by private parties, and not by an official body or by government.</def>

<h1>Dispense</h1> <Xpage=429>

<hw>Dis*pense"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Dispensed</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Dispensing</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[F. <ets>dispenser</ets>, L. <ets>dispensare</ets>, intens. of <ets>dispendere</ets>. See <er>Dispend</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To deal out in portions; to distribute; to give; <as>as, the steward <ex>dispenses</ex> provisions according directions; Nature <ex>dispenses</ex> her bounties; to <ex>dispense</ex> medicines.</as></def>

<blockquote>He is delighted to <b>dispense</b> a share of it to all the company. <i>Sir W. Scott.</i></blockquote>