[mass noun]exemption from a rule or usual requirement
豁免；特许
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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
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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。
permission to be exempted from the laws or observances of the Church
（对法律或基督教教规的）特许
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he received papal dispensation to hold a number of benefices 他得到教皇的特许担任数个圣职
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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。
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
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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。
(in Christian theology)a divinely ordained order prevailing at a particular period of history
（基督教神学）教规
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the Mosaic dispensation .摩西教规。
〈古〉 天意的安排；天命
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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。
[mass noun]the action of distributing or supplying something
分配；供给
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regulations controlling dispensation of medications .管理药物分配的规定。
"late Middle English： from Latin