dispensatio

Ferraris observes, under the head of _Dispensatio_: "Hinc dispensatio sine justa causa non dispensatio sed dissipatio dicitur communiter a doctoribus, ut observant et tenent Sperell;" then referring to several

Notes and Queries, Number 50, October 12, 1850 Various

Parcit itaque sapiens dispensatio ei quem deteriorem facere possit aduersitas, ne cui non conuenit laborare patiatur.

The Theological Tractates and The Consolation of Philosophy Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius 1908

Each guest filled his glass, and exclaimed in chorus, "Absolutio! dispensatio!"

Faust's Leben, Thaten und Höllenfahrt. English Friedrich Maximilian Klinger 1791

Prima dispensatio Christi medicinalis est, non judicialis -- The first coming of Christ was for the purpose of administering, not justice, but medicine.

Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume V (Matthew to John) 1721

The schoolmen missed this meaning, and took _dispensatio_ in the canonical sense.]

Moral Philosophy Joseph Rickaby 1888

Latin dispensatio, distribution, administration; freeing, release: from dis - + pendere, to weigh: dispendere, to weigh out.)

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