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[Ghetta Life]

Dispens is German for "dispensation."  I don't understand its usage in this 
context.

http://machaut.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/WEBSTER.sh?WORD=dispensation

Dispensation

Dis`pen*sa"tion (?), n. [F. dispensation, L. dispensatio.]

1. The act of dispensing or dealing out; distribution; often used of the 
distribution of good and evil by God to man, or more generically, of the 
acts and modes of his administration.

To respect the dispensations of Providence. Burke.
2. That which is dispensed, dealt out, or appointed; that which is enjoined 
or bestowed; especially (Theol.), a system of principles, promises, and 
rules ordained and administered; scheme; economy; as, the Patriarchal, 
Mosaic, and Christian dispensations.

Neither are God's methods or intentions different in his dispensations to 
each private man. Rogers.
3. The relaxation of a law in a particular case; permission to do something 
forbidden, or to omit doing something enjoined; specifically, in the Roman 
Catholic Church, exemption from some ecclesiastical law or obligation to God 
which a man has incurred of his own free will (oaths, vows, etc.).

A dispensation was obtained to enable Dr. Barrow to marry. Ward.

>From: Toby G Levy <tobylevy at juno.com>
>
>         Cornelius keeps elephant guns nearby to defend the honor of his 
>daughters. He keeps one in  "Dispens" out back? The word Dispens is in 
>italics. What does it mean - outhouse?

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