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dispensation 1. Chiefly RC Church a. permission to dispense with an obligation of church law b. the document authorizing such permission 2. Christianity a. the ordering of life and events by God b. a divine decree affecting an individual or group c. a religious system or code of prescriptions for life and conduct regarded as of divine origin How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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If you, who are the valet, hope for dispensation to commit a crime, shall not I, the friend of your bishop, have dispensation for eating meat at the call of my stomach? What thou sayst is passing true, but I like not the privileges acquired by the dispensation of the Grand Master, and the merit acquired by the slaughter of three hundred Saracens. The only means, then, which they can possess, will be in the dispensation of appointments. |
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