- plenary indulgence
- noun Date: 1648 a remission of the entire temporal punishment for sin
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Plenary indulgence — Plenary Ple na*ry, a. [LL. plenarius, fr. L. plenus full. See {Plenty}.] Full; entire; complete; absolute; as, a plenary license; plenary authority. [1913 Webster] A treatise on a subject should be plenary or full. I. Watts. [1913 Webster]… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
plenary indulgence — n. R.C.Ch. an indulgence remitting in full the temporal punishment incurred by a sinner … English World dictionary
plenary indulgence — noun Etymology: translation of Medieval Latin plenaria indulgentia Roman Catholicism : a remission of the entire temporal punishment due to sin * * * Rom. Cath. Ch. a remission of the total temporal punishment that is still due to sin after… … Useful english dictionary
plenary indulgence — Rom. Cath. Ch. a remission of the total temporal punishment that is still due to sin after absolution. Cf. indulgence (def. 6). [1665 75] * * * … Universalium
plenary indulgence — /plinəri ɪnˈdʌldʒəns/ (say pleenuhree in duljuhns) noun Roman Catholic Church remission of the total temporal punishment which is still due to sin after sacramental absolution. See indulgence (def. 6) …
Plenary indulgence — Phrase used when a complete remission of punishment was granted. These were at first granted only on special occasions; in time more frequently. Pope Urban II (d. 1099) allowed such indulgences to all crusaders when he remitted all their penances … Dictionary of Medieval Terms and Phrases
plenary indulgence — Полная индульгенция … Вестминстерский словарь теологических терминов
plenary indulgence — ple′nary indul′gence n. rel (in Roman Catholicism) a remission of all temporal punishment that is still due to sin after absolution … From formal English to slang
Plenary — Ple na*ry, a. [LL. plenarius, fr. L. plenus full. See {Plenty}.] Full; entire; complete; absolute; as, a plenary license; plenary authority. [1913 Webster] A treatise on a subject should be plenary or full. I. Watts. [1913 Webster] {Plenary… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Plenary inspiration — Plenary Ple na*ry, a. [LL. plenarius, fr. L. plenus full. See {Plenty}.] Full; entire; complete; absolute; as, a plenary license; plenary authority. [1913 Webster] A treatise on a subject should be plenary or full. I. Watts. [1913 Webster]… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
