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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Dispensatour, n. Also: -ator, -ature, -ateur. [ME. dispensatowr (Wyclif), -atour, AF. dispensatour, OF. -ateur, L. dispensātor.] A dispenser, administrator, steward.1560 Bk. Disc. 194.
We can nott juge him a dispensatour of Goddis mysteries 1581 Sat. P. xliv. 233.
I gif ȝou als, to be the dispensature Of ȝour vnthriftie vaigis, … Cuninghame, bischop 1600 Hamilton Facile Tr. 44.
The lauful doctours … whome Christ Iesus … hes maid the onlie dispensateurs of his mysteries Ib. 404.
A preist or sacrificature, wha is a dispensature of the mysteries of God
