plenary indulgence
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From plenary + indulgence, a calque of Ecclesiastical Latin indulgentia plēnāria.
Noun[edit]
plenary indulgence (plural plenary indulgences)
- (Roman Catholicism) An indulgence that remits all of a person’s sins, and thus the whole of their time in purgatory.
Coordinate terms[edit]
- (kind of indulgence): partial indulgence
Translations[edit]
kind of indulgence
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