Dispensation

[Sarah]

a system of principles, promises, and rules ordained andadministered; scheme; economy; as, the Patriarchal, Mosaic, andChristian dispensations.Neither are God's methods or intentions different in hisdispensations to each private man. Rogers.

[Jessica]

special permission, especially from the Church, to do something that is not usually allowed:

[Oralee]

Exemption from a rule or usual requirement.