plenary indulgence

English

Etymology

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

Noun

plenary indulgence (plural plenary indulgences)

(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, toàn xá

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