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What (who) is avuncular indulgence - definition
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Proclamation of Indulgence; Declaration of indulgence; Royal Declaration of Indulgence; Declaration of Indulgence (disambiguation)
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![[[Engraving]] of the ''[[Mass of Saint Gregory]]'' by [[Israhel van Meckenem]], 1490s, with an unauthorized indulgence at the bottom<ref>Shestack, 214</ref>](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Israhel van Meckenem The Mass of Saint Gregory.jpg?width=200 "[[Engraving]] of the ''[[Mass of Saint Gregory]]'' by [[Israhel van Meckenem]], 1490s, with an unauthorized indulgence at the bottom<ref>Shestack, 214</ref>")
![''Satan distributing indulgences'', an illumination from a Czech manuscript, 1490s; [[Jan Hus]] (the main leader of the [[Bohemian Reformation]]) had condemned the selling of indulgences in 1412.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jensky kodex satan prodava odpustky.jpg?width=200 "''Satan distributing indulgences'', an illumination from a Czech manuscript, 1490s; [[Jan Hus]] (the main leader of the [[Bohemian Reformation]]) had condemned the selling of indulgences in 1412.")
![''A Question to a Mintmaker'', woodcut by [[Jörg Breu the Elder]] of Augsburg, circa 1530, presenting the Pope and indulgences as one of three causes of inflation, the others being minting of debased coinage and cheating by merchants.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jeorg Breu Elder A Question to a Mintmaker c1500.png?width=200 "''A Question to a Mintmaker'', woodcut by [[Jörg Breu the Elder]] of Augsburg, circa 1530, presenting the Pope and indulgences as one of three causes of inflation, the others being minting of debased coinage and cheating by merchants.")
![St. Nikolai church]] in Jüterbog](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jüterbog Nikolaikirche Tetzelkasten.JPG?width=200 "St. Nikolai church]] in Jüterbog")
![An 18th-century absolution certificate granted by the Patriarch of Jerusalem and sold by Greek monks in [[Wallachia]] (History Museum, [[Bucharest]])](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Orthodox Indulgence.jpg?width=200 "An 18th-century absolution certificate granted by the Patriarch of Jerusalem and sold by Greek monks in [[Wallachia]] (History Museum, [[Bucharest]])")
![Easter]] Mass Plenary Indulgence in 2012 (St. John the Evangelist Metropolitan Cathedral, [[Dagupan]], Philippines)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Socvillegas4jf.JPG?width=200 "Easter]] Mass Plenary Indulgence in 2012 (St. John the Evangelist Metropolitan Cathedral, [[Dagupan]], Philippines)")
WAY TO REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF PUNISHMENT ONE HAS TO UNDERGO FOR SINS
Indulgences; Plenary indulgence; Partial indulgence; Penitential Redemptions; Redemptions, Penitential; Apostolic Indulgences; Indulgences, Apostolic; Abuse of indulgences; Indulgent; Sale of indulgeneces; Pardoner; Letter of indulgence; Sale of indulgences; Abuses of Indulgences; Abuses of indulgences; Enchiridion Indulgentiarum; Partial indulgences; Indulge; Quaestore
If you are indulgent, you treat a person with special kindness, often in a way that is not good for them.
His indulgent mother was willing to let him do anything he wanted.
ADJ
• indulgently
Ned smiled at him indulgently.
ADV: usu ADV with v, also ADV adj
Indulgence
WAY TO REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF PUNISHMENT ONE HAS TO UNDERGO FOR SINS
Indulgences; Plenary indulgence; Partial indulgence; Penitential Redemptions; Redemptions, Penitential; Apostolic Indulgences; Indulgences, Apostolic; Abuse of indulgences; Indulgent; Sale of indulgeneces; Pardoner; Letter of indulgence; Sale of indulgences; Abuses of Indulgences; Abuses of indulgences; Enchiridion Indulgentiarum; Partial indulgences; Indulge; Quaestore
·vt To grant an indulgence to.
II. Indulgence ·noun An indulgent act; favor granted; gratification.
III. Indulgence ·noun The act of indulging or humoring; the quality of being indulgent; forbearance of restrain or control.
IV. Indulgence ·noun Remission of the temporal punishment due to sins, after the guilt of sin has been remitted by sincere repentance; absolution from the censures and public penances of the church. It is a payment of the debt of justice to God by the application of the merits of Christ and his saints to the contrite soul through the church. It is therefore believed to diminish or destroy for sins the punishment of purgatory.
indulge
WAY TO REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF PUNISHMENT ONE HAS TO UNDERGO FOR SINS
Indulgences; Plenary indulgence; Partial indulgence; Penitential Redemptions; Redemptions, Penitential; Apostolic Indulgences; Indulgences, Apostolic; Abuse of indulgences; Indulgent; Sale of indulgeneces; Pardoner; Letter of indulgence; Sale of indulgences; Abuses of Indulgences; Abuses of indulgences; Enchiridion Indulgentiarum; Partial indulgences; Indulge; Quaestore
I. v. a.
1.
Gratify, satisfy, yield to, give free scope to, give a loose rein to, give way to, give one's self up to.
2.
Humor excessively or to excess, yield to the wishes of, pamper, humor, favor, cocker, allow to follow one's appetites or caprices.
3.
Allow, permit, suffer, harbor, foster, cherish.
II. v. n.
Indulge one's self.
Wikipedia
Declaration of Indulgence
Declaration of Indulgence may refer to:
- Declaration of Indulgence (1672) by Charles II of England in favour of nonconformists and Catholics
- Declaration of Indulgence (1687) by James II of England granting religious freedom
