dispensation Copy link Outline I. The act, distributingII. ImmunityIII. Divine ordering of things1. oecŏnŏmĭa (οἰκονομία), Schleusn.2. lex, lēgis, f. (of the Jewish d.) • dispensation: I. The act, distributing: distrĭbūtio: v. distribution. II. Immunity: immūnĭtas, văcātio: v. exemption, immunity,. III. Divine ordering of things: 1. oecŏnŏmĭa (οἰκονομία), Schleusn. 2. lex, lēgis, f. (of the Jewish d.): Calv. More fully, lex institutaque Judaica (Mosaica). Phr.: such was the d. of heaven, sic placitum (sc., deo, diis), Virg.: Ov.: by some accident, or by divine d., casu quodam an divinitus, Suet.: v. providence.