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plenary indulgence

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plenary indulgence
n. Roman Catholic Church
An indulgence that remits the full temporal punishment incurred by a sinner.


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If you aren't perfectly disposed and can't get the plenary indulgence, you'll at least come away with a partial.
This is the only Sunday that has a very special plenary indulgence attached to it.
plenary indulgence was good for a lifetime--meaning that if it was said only once, it could let someone who was ninety-seven years old out of purgatory just as readily as it could keep out a two-year-old--I felt that God had been making some kind of fool of me.
 
 
 
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