English Dictionary

dispensation

IPA（発音記号）

/dɪsˌpɛnˈseɪʃən/

名詞

可算名詞 不可算名詞

The act of dispensing or dealing out; distribution / The distribution of good and evil by God to man. / That which is dispensed, dealt out, or given; that which is bestowed on someone

日本語の意味

配る、分配する行為やその結果としての「分配」 / 神が人に対して善悪などを分配する、つまり神による配分の働き / 分配、授与されたもの、与えられたもの

The charity's dispensation of food during the crisis saved countless lives.

その危機の間、慈善団体による食料の配布が数え切れないほど多くの命を救った。

意味（1）

The act of dispensing or dealing out; distribution

a fair dispensation of money

意味（2）

The distribution of good and evil by God to man.

Shall we not accompt theſe a part of Gods dispenſation, and therefore good in the Fountaine, from whence they flowed

意味（3）

That which is dispensed, dealt out, or given; that which is bestowed on someone

Bowman certainly lost no time in travelling south to obtain his dispensation once he had published the sermon

意味（4）

A system of principles, promises, and rules ordained and administered; scheme; economy

the Patriarchal, Mosaic, and Christian dispensations

意味（5）

The relaxation of a law in a particular case; permission to do something forbidden, or to omit doing something enjoined; exemption.

意味（6）

(Catholicism) In the Roman Catholic Church, an exemption from some ecclesiastical law, or from an obligation to God which a person has incurred of his own free will (oaths, vows, etc.).

[H]e had a dispensation for conforming in outward observances to the Protestant faith.

dispensations （ plural ）