dispensableness (dispensablnes)

quality of being dispensable; the capability of being dispensed or dispensed with. Hammond. dispensary (dis-pen'sa-ri), n.; pl. dispensaries (-riz). [F. dispensaire, a dispensary (ef. OF. despensaire, expense), The dispensary , being an apartment in the college, set up for the relief of the sick poor. Garth , Dispensary, Pref. 2. A public institution, primarily intended for the poor, where medical advice is given and medicines are furnished free, or sometimes for a small charge to those who can afford it. dispensation (dis-pen-sā'shon), n. [= D. dis pensatie = G. Dan. Sw. dispensation, act of dispensing or dealing out; distribution: as, the dispensation of royal favors; the dispen sation of good and evil by Divine Providence. A dispensation of water indifferently to all parts of the earth. Woodward, E ay towards a Nat. Hist. of the Earth. 2. A particular distribution of ble ing or affliction dispensed by God to a person, family, community, or nation, in the course of his dealings with his creatures; that which is dispensed or dealt out by God: as, a sad dispensation ; a merciful dispensation . Neither are God's methods or intentions different in his Rogers. dispensations to each private man. The kind and chief design of God, in all his severest dispensations, is to melt and soften our hearts to such poses of his grace.