Search for: Dispensation
2461 Etymology dictionary, p. Jupiter (n.).3
… as dispenser of rain" 1704), in jocular use from mid-19c.
2462 Etymology dictionary, p. livery (n.).2
… "to dispense, deliver, hand over," from Latin liberare "to set free" (see liberate ).
2463 Etymology dictionary, p. pharmacy (n.).5
… and dispensing them according to prescriptions" is from 1650s; that of "place where drugs are prepared and dispensed" is recorded by 1833.
2464 Etymology dictionary, p. rapport (n.).4
… thus dispensable.
2465 Etymology dictionary, p. recompense (v.).3
… equivalent; dispense punishments or rewards." "The spelling -ence is more frequent than the etymological -ense ... until the 19th c." [OED]. Related: Recompensed; recompensing …
2466 Etymology dictionary, p. requisite (adj.).2
… be dispensed with," mid-15c., from Latin requisitus, past participle of requirere "seek to know, ask, ask for" (see require ). As a noun, "that which is necessary, something …
2467 Etymology dictionary, p. soda (n.).6
… can dispense carbonated water; soda jerk for the operator of one is attested by 1915, so called for the action involved in drawing it ( soda-jerker is from 1883 …
2468 Etymology dictionary, p. soma (n.).2
… state-dispensed narcotic producing euphoria and hallucination and social control.
2469 Etymology dictionary, p. soup (n.).3
… by dispensing soup in charity" (1854).
2470 Etymology dictionary, p. spare (v.).3
The meaning "dispense from one's own stock, give or yield up" (especially what is not needed or in use) is recorded from c. 1200. Related: Spared; sparing .
2471 Etymology dictionary, p. Spencer (n.).2
… who dispenses or has charge of provisions in a household," short for Anglo-French espencer, Old French despencier "dispenser" (of provisions), "a butler or steward …
2472 Etymology dictionary, p. Swedenborgian.2
… new dispensation on Revelations xxi.2.
2473 Etymology dictionary, p. testament (n.).3
… "covenant, dispensation" and "will, testament," and was used in the former sense in the account of the Last Supper (see testimony ) but subsequently was interpreted …
2474 Etymology dictionary, p. variance (n.).2
… "official dispensation from a building regulation" is recorded from 1925.
2475 Etymology dictionary, p. whole nine yards (n.).2
… have dispensed in this amount. Or the yard might be the word used in the slang sense of "one hundred dollars." Several similar phrases meaning "everything" arose …
2476 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Ablution.5
… people dispense with it. Simeon, the Essene, "the Saint" (Toseph. Kelim i.6), on entering the holy place without having washed his hands, claiming that he was holier …
2477 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Accommodation.42
… earlier dispensation as originally constituted and delivered, hence forming a part of its contemporary significance and value, both pointing to the future …
2478 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Aeon.2
… "duration," "dispensation." In the philosophy of Plato and Aristotle the word is aion, from which this word is transliterated. In the Gnostic philosophy it has …
2479 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Age.2
… a dispensation. In the above sense the word occurs only once in the King James Version, in the sing, as the translation of dor, which means, properly, a "revolution …
2480 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Apocryphal Acts, the Separate Acts.22
… and dispensing the sacrament of the Lord's Supper with bread alone, John ordered a grave to be dug; and when this was done, he prayed, giving thanks that he had …