dispensation (2 cf. DISPENSE 4)
1.
licence granted
by ecclesiastical authority to do what is forbidden
or omit what is enjoined by ecclesiastical law or by
any solemn obligation
LLL. II. i. 87
“seek a for his
oath,”
1H6 V. iii. 86
“a dispensation may be
had.”
2.
“makes with,” sets
aside Lucr. 248 (cf. next word
3).
