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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=81–43 BC, Cicero|origins=la pendō}}
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+ ==Forms==
+ '''dispēnsātiō''' ''f'' (genitive dispēnsātiōnis); third declension^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ It is [[af|la|dispēnsō|-tiō|t1=to weigh out, manage]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(TLL)^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ Köbler's first source is Cicero,^(Köbler 2010) who uses it of the management of the public treasury (''aerāriī dispēnsātiō'') and of the office of a royal treasurer.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Conte 2010)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ In Classical Latin it was the work of a ''dispēnsātor'', a steward: the sharing out of scarce supplies in Livy, the economical use of materials in Vitruvius, the handling of someone's affairs in Cicero's letters, and the office of steward itself.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Conte 2010) Pliny the Elder uses it of the careful measure needed in taking honeycombs.^(Lewis & Short 1879)
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+ Tertullian used it for what Greek theology called the ''oeconomia'', the divine plan,^(TLL) and the Vulgate for the stewardship entrusted to Paul.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Medieval Latin applied it to the giving of grace or mercy, the administering of a sacrament, divine providence and arrangement in general.^(Niermeyer 1976) In canon law it became a relaxation of the law in a particular case, granted by the lawgiver or a superior.^(Stelten 1995) British medieval Latin used it also for the distribution of alms and the preaching of the word.^(DMLBS)
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+ English [[m|en|dispensation]] was borrowed in the late 14th century, both for dealing out and for a relaxation of the law, partly through Old French.^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of managing the treasury.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Conte 2010)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 59 BC–17 AD – Livy uses it of sharing out scarce supplies.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * c. 84–c. 25 BC – Vitruvius uses it of the economical use of materials.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * c. 160–220 AD – Tertullian equates it with the theological ''oeconomia''.^(TLL)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 390–406 AD – The Vulgate uses it of Paul's stewardship.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * late 14th century – English borrows it as [[m|en|dispensation]].^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Noun===
+ # [[m|en|distribution|alt=Distribution]], apportioning; economical use (of materials).^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)
+ # [[m|en|administration|alt=Administration]], [[m|en|management]], superintendence.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)
+ # The office of a steward or treasurer, [[m|en|stewardship]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)
+ # ''(Ecclesiastical Latin)'' The divine plan or providence, the economy of salvation.^(TLL)^(Niermeyer 1976)
+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' The bestowing (of grace) or administering (of a sacrament).^(Niermeyer 1976)
+ # ''(Ecclesiastical Latin)'' A [[m|en|dispensation]], a relaxation of the law in a particular case.^(Stelten 1995)
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}