dispensation
/ˌdɪspenˈseɪʃən/noun
1
- mass noun exemption from a rule or usual requirement豁免; 特许：
although she was too young, she was given special dispensation to play two matches before her birthday
尽管她还太年轻, 还是获得特许在她生日前打两场比赛
count noun they were given a dispensation to take most of the first week off.他们获得特许可以在第一周休将近一周的假。
1.1
- permission to be exempted from the laws or observances of the Church（对法律或基督教教规的）特许：
he received papal dispensation to hold a number of benefices
他得到教皇的特许担任数个圣职
count noun the pope granted Henry a dispensation to marry Elizabeth of York.主教特许亨利与约克的伊丽莎白结婚。
2
- a system of order, government, or organization of a nation, community, etc., especially as existing at a particular time（尤指存在于特定时期的国家或社区的）阶层（或政府、组织）体系：
scholarship is conveyed to a wider audience than under the old dispensation.
与旧的体系相比, 知识被传输给更多的人。
2.1
- (in Christian theology) a divinely ordained order prevailing at a particular period of history（基督教神学）教规：
the Mosaic dispensation.
摩西教规。
2.2
- archaic an act of divine providence〈古〉天意的安排; 天命：
the laws to which the creator in all his dispensations conforms.
造物主在其所有的天意中遵循的法则。
3
- mass noun the action of distributing or supplying something分配; 供给：
regulations controlling dispensation of medications.
管理药物分配的规定。
派生词
dispensational
adjective词源
late Middle English: from Latin dispensatio（n-）， from the verb dispensare （see DISPENSE）.