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Dispensary? Something like a storeroom or cupboard?

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On 25/01/2006:

> 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.

>>         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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