diˈspensatively, adv.
[f. prec. + -ly2.]
In a dispensative way; by dispensation.
| 1572 Forrest Theophilus 542 in Anglia VII, Some saye it was doone dispensatively. a 1639 Wotton in Reliq. 328 (R.), I can now hold my place canonically, which I held before but dispensatively. 1646 J. Saltmarsh Smoke in Temple 62 Is not their whole power defended to be entirely, essentially, dispensatively in the Presbytery. a 1656 Bp. Hall Serm. Canticles ix. (R.), The state [is] absolutely monarchical in Christ, dispensatively monarchical in respect of particular churches; forasmuch as that power, which is inherent in the Church, is dispensed and executed by some prime ministers. |