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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Dispensatioun, -acioun, n. Also: -atioune, -ation(e, -acion(e. [ME. dispensacioun (Chaucer), -acione, etc., OF. dispensation, L. dispensātio.]

1. An ecclesiastical dispensation or licence.(a) c1420 Wynt. ix. 2961.
Be speciale dispensatioune He held all tym possessioune [of the bishopric] 1462 Aberd. B. Rec. I. 23.
At Dauy Simpson sal bring hame … ane dispensatiouine be Pasch cum a ȝere 1480 Reg. Great S. 310/1.
Gife it happenis me to part with the said James or the dispensatione cum hame c1500-c1512 Dunb. xxii. 72.
Twa curis or thre hes upolandis Michell With dispensationis bund in knitchell c1552 Lynd. Mon. 4794.
Thare pardonis, and thare dispensationis, Thay do exceid sum temporall princis rent a1578 Pitsc. I. 47/22.
This James … procurit the paipis dispensatioun to marie his eldest sone wpoun his brotheris douchter(b) 1473–4 Treas. Acc. I. 48.
To Dauid Quytehede and Thome of Stanly for Doctour Andres dispensacione lousyt be thaim in Bruges 1498 Halyb. 94.
Rasauit … x ducatis … to send to Rom for a dispensacion betwix the Lord Gram and Archbald Edmestonis dochtir 1520 Grant Chart. 65.
At the mariage sal be completit quhat tyme and quhow sone the said dispensacion cumis hame

b. Special permission or exemption. 1500 Edinb. B. Rec. I. 82.
All manir of prentice … sall stand in prenteischip for … sevin ȝeirs, and na les, without dispensatioun of the principall master of the said craft 1526 Reg. Privy S. I. 522/2.
Ane dispensatioun to Iane Hume … decernand hir to succeid to … hir gud dame

2. Administration; ordering. c1490 Irland Asl. MS. I. 35/16.
Gif he be nocht [principale] he has office of dispensacoun tretand the gudis of the place or nocht a1508 Kennedy Pass. Christ 1382.
Throw dispensacioun [of] the God superne Vnfaithfull men his corps now hes in cure