INDULGENCE
\ɪndˈʌld͡ʒəns], \ɪndˈʌldʒəns], \ɪ_n_d_ˈʌ_l_dʒ_ə_n_s]\
Definitions of INDULGENCE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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By Princeton University
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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The act of indulging or humoring; the quality of being indulgent; forbearance of restrain or control.
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An indulgent act; favor granted; gratification.
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Remission of the temporal punishment due to sins, after the guilt of sin has been remitted by sincere repentance; absolution from the censures and public penances of the church. It is a payment of the debt of justice to God by the application of the merits of Christ and his saints to the contrite soul through the church. It is therefore believed to diminish or destroy for sins the punishment of purgatory.
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To grant an indulgence to.
By Oddity Software
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The act of indulging or humoring; the quality of being indulgent; forbearance of restrain or control.
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An indulgent act; favor granted; gratification.
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Remission of the temporal punishment due to sins, after the guilt of sin has been remitted by sincere repentance; absolution from the censures and public penances of the church. It is a payment of the debt of justice to God by the application of the merits of Christ and his saints to the contrite soul through the church. It is therefore believed to diminish or destroy for sins the punishment of purgatory.
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To grant an indulgence to.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Permission: gratification: in R. Catholic Church, a remission, to a repentant sinner, of punishment which would otherwise await him in purgatory.
By Daniel Lyons
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The act of indulging; excess.
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That with which a person is indulged.
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R. C. Ch. Remission of temporal punishment.
By James Champlin Fernald
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n. The quality of being indulgent ; forbearance of restrain or control ; - favour granted ; liberality ; gratification ; licence ; liberty ;- fondness ; kindness ; - remission of the temporal punishment due to sins, granted by the pops or church, and supposed to save the sinner from purgatory.
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