What is another word for dispensations?

Pronunciation: [dɪspɪnsˈe͡ɪʃənz] (IPA)

Synonyms for the word "dispensations" include allocation, disbursement, distribution, apportionment, and allotment. All these words refer to the act of distributing or giving out certain items, resources or benefits. Dispensation can also be replaced by the words dispensary, administration, management, or arrangement. Dispensations are commonly used in legal, religious, or academic settings and refer to a particular set of rules, allowances, or exemptions. In each case, the word used will depend on the context, but all refer to the act of distributing something to someone or a group. Whatever word used, the idea behind it is that these things are being given out in accordance with specific guidelines or principles.

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Usage examples for Dispensations

Furthermore, he shares more or less unconsciously such philosophical and scientific opinions as deny truth to the conception of special interferences and dispensations from a supernatural agency.
"The Approach to Philosophy"
Ralph Barton Perry
Ye ken thae Hielandmen tak their texts for the maist pairt frae the Auld Testament, and this was it mair or less, 'The trumpet shall be blown, and they shall come from Assyria and the land o' Egypt,' and he began by explainin' that there were twa classes in Drumtochty, those who were born and bred in the parish, which were oursels, and them 'at hed tae stay here owin' tae the mysterious dispensations o' Providence, which wes Lachlan Campbell.
"Beside the Bonnie Brier Bush"
Ian Maclaren
We should then be brought to acknowledge that it behooves a Christian traveller to crave the assistance of Him who can enable us to suffer with becoming fortitude and resignation all the afflicting dispensations of life, rather than desire to be preserved from meeting them.
"Memoir and Diary of John Yeardley, Minister of the Gospel"
John Yeardley

Famous quotes with Dispensations

  • We can always find something to be thankful for, and there may be reasons why we ought to be thankful for even those dispensations which appear dark and frowning.
    Albert Barnes
  • Through the humbling dispensations of Divine Providence, men are sometimes fitted for his service.
    John Woolman
  • When pious frauds and holy shifts Are dispensations and gifts.
    Samuel Butler (poet)

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