indult

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English

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Noun

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indult (plural indults)

  1. (Catholicism) A permission or privilege granted by the church authority that excepts an individual from what is otherwise a norm of church law, such as a release from monastic vows.
    • 2015 August 27, Ross Douthat, “Catholic Exceptions and Catholic Rules”, in New York Times Opinion Pages[1], retrieved 2021-06-03:
      That’s why, for instance, most American Catholics now receive communion in the hand (permission for which was originally granted as an “indult,” an exception), []

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Catalan

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin indultus, perfect passive participle of indulgeō (to indulge).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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indult m (plural indults)

  1. (law) pardon
    Synonym: perdó

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French

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Noun

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indult m (plural indults)

  1. indult

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Hungarian

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Etymology

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indul +‎ -t

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈindult]
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  • Hyphenation: in‧dult

Verb

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indult

  1. third-person singular past of indul
    Az ajtó felé indult.S/he headed for the door.

Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French indult, from Latin indultum.

Noun

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indult n (uncountable)

  1. indult

Declension

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