plenary indulgence

English

Etymology

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

Noun

plenary indulgence (plural plenary indulgences)

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

Coordinate terms

• (kind of indulgence): partial indulgence

Translations

kind of indulgence

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 全大赦 (quán dàshè)

• French: indulgence plénière (fr) f
• German: vollkommener Ablass m
• Hungarian: teljes búcsú
• Italian: indulgenza plenaria f
• Latin: indulgentia plēnāria f
• Spanish: indulgencia plenaria f
• Vietnamese: đại xá (vi), toàn xá