English → Latin
“dispensation” in Latin
immūnitāsfreedom or exemption from taxes or public service; immunityvacātiōfreedom, exemption, immunity (from service); privilegeiubeōto authorize, to legitimate, to make lawful, to homologate, to pass (a bill or law or decision); to bid, to command, to mīlitiamilitary service; the military, army, soldiery; warfare, war, campaign
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
dispensation
Distribution; vid,
Exemption from some law, immunitas (from anything, alicujus rei [e.g., omnium rerum, Caes.; magni muneris, Cic.] or a re [e.g., a tributis, Suet.]): vacatio (from military service, militiae): To grant a dispention from anything, immunitatem alicujus rei dare, or a re offerre (Suet.): to grant anybody a dispention to do anything, dare alicui hanc veniam, ut, etc.; alicujus rei veniam dare, permittere licentiam, ut, etc. [Vid: PERMISSION].
Divine institution, leges et instituta; praecepta institutaque (with genitive of person, Mosis or Moysis, etc.). The Mosaic dispention, Mosaica religio (Lactant).
Distribution of good and evil with regard to providence, numen divinum (the will of God); also consilium divinum. Dei jussus (only in ablative) or jussum (the command): by a divine dispention, consilio divino; *jussu divino; divinitus (generally; ofwhat is sent from above): I consider anything a dispention of Providence, aliquid divinitus accidisse mihi videtur (Vid: Cic., Partit., 23, 82).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for dispensation?
- The usual Latin words for “dispensation” are immūnitās, vacātiō, iubeō; also mīlitia. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.