- dispensation
- late 14c., from O.Fr. despensation, from L. dispensatio "management, charge," from pp. stem of dispensare (see dispense). Theological sense is from being used to translate Gk. oikonomoia "office, method of administration."
- dispensation
- late 14c., from Fr. dispensation (12c.), from L. dispensationem, from dispensare (see dispense).