Dispensation

(noun.) the act of dispensing (giving out in portions).

(noun.) an exemption from some rule or obligation.

(noun.) a share that has been dispensed or distributed.

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• And a still more extravagant and unwise claim made by the church was the claim to the power of _dispensation_. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• I, in my stiff- necked rebellion, almost cursed the dispensation: instead of bending to the decree, I defied it. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• For my vow, said the Templar, our Grand Master hath granted me a dispensation. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• All sacrifice was barred to the faithful; no loophole was left for the sacrificial priest of the old dispensation to come back into the new faith. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• What was happening to the dukes, princes, and kings of the old dispensation during this age of change? 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• Twere unjust to visit upon Mr and Mrs Boffin, a calamity which was doubtless a dispensation. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• I thought perhaps you were all his, which would have been a cruel dispensation for me. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• A dispensation,' said Sam, correcting the old gentleman. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• Come, then; by special dispensation we will allow him a few cracknels, but nothing less homely. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• Of dispensations we have already spoken (§ 11). 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.

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