plenary indulgence

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What does plenary indulgence mean?

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

Where does plenary indulgence come from?

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

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