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undispensed

undispensed adjective: not dispensed.

Adjective

undispensed (not comparable)

  1. Not dispensed.
  2. Not freed by dispensation.
    • Thus, besides maintaining the invalidity of an undispensed marriage between a baptized and an unbaptized person, not as intrinsic, but as of long-established ecclesiastical use, she holds all restrictions involving invalidity, or, as she calls them, diriment impediments, which have prevailed from...1893 November, Charles C Starbuck, “The Roman Catholic Doctrine And Law Of Marriage”, in Methodist Review, volume 75, page 879
    • The reason why it remains undispensed is that the dispensation which is actually granted cannot conceivably be construed as relating to the case that actually exists.1960, Catholic University of America, Canon Law Studies - Issue 392, page 195

Origin of undispensed

From un- + dispensed.

Questions about undispensed

What does undispensed mean?
Undispensed means not dispensed.
What part of speech is undispensed?
Undispensed is an adjective.

Words near undispensed in the dictionary

  1. undispatches
  2. undispatching
  3. undispellable
  4. undispelled
  5. undispensable
  6. undispensed
  7. undispersed
  8. undispersing
  9. undisplaceable
  10. undisplaced
  11. undisplay

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