Meanings
nounplenary indulgence (plural plenary indulgences)
plural plenary indulgences
- CatholicismAn indulgence that remits all of a person’s sins, and thus the whole of their time in purgatory.
Origin
- Ecclesiastical Latinindulgentia plēnāria
- Englishplenary indulgence
From plenary + indulgence, a calque of Ecclesiastical Latin indulgentia plēnāria.
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Chinese Mandarin 全大赦
- 全大赦 (quán dàshè)kind of indulgence
French indulgence plénière
- indulgence plénièrekind of indulgence
German vollkommener Ablass
- vollkommener Ablasskind of indulgence
Hungarian teljes búcsú
- teljes búcsúkind of indulgence
Italian indulgenza plenaria
- indulgenza plenariakind of indulgence
Latin indulgentia plēnāria
- indulgentia plēnāriakind of indulgence
Spanish indulgencia plenaria
- indulgencia plenariakind of indulgence
Vietnamese đại xá, toàn xá
- đại xákind of indulgence
- toàn xákind of indulgence
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