plenary indulgence

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plenary indulgence

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From plenary + indulgence, a calque of Ecclesiastical Latin indulgentia plēnāria.

noun plenary indulgences

  1. An indulgence that remits all of a person’s sins, and thus the whole of their time in purgatory.

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noun kind of indulgence

Españolindulgencia plenaria
中文全大赦 quán dàshè
Françaisindulgence plénière
Deutschvollkommener Ablass
Italianoindulgenza plenaria
Tiếng Việtđại xá, toàn xá

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@misc{plenary_indulgence_2026,
  title = {plenary indulgence},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/plenary%20indulgence},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}