often used of the distribution of good and evil by God to man, or more generically, of the acts and modes of his administration.
(n.) That which is dispensed, dealt out, or appointed
that which is enjoined or bestowed
(n.) A system of principles, promises, and rules ordained and administered
scheme
economy
as, the Patriarchal, Mosaic, and Christian dispensations.
(n.) 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.).