noun
dispensation
A religious system or period believed to be established by God.
The theologian described a new dispensation in sacred history.
Etymology
The Latin noun concerns administration or ordering. Religious use applies it to the way divine authority is understood to organize a system or period of human affairs.
More examples
- The text contrasts the earlier dispensation with the later covenant.
- Believers understood the event as the beginning of a divine dispensation.
- The lecture examined the rules associated with that religious dispensation.
Forms
dispensation · dispensations