| 单词 | partial indulgence |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspartial indulgence partial indulgence n. Roman Catholic Church an indulgence remitting only a part of the temporal punishment for sin. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > sacrament > confession > penance > remission of penance > [noun] > indulgentiary > partial partial indulgence1783 1783 G. Hay Sincere Christian (new ed.) II. xxiv. 93 A partial indulgence, which delivers us from it [sc. the debt of temporal punishment] only in part. 1875 Catholic World Aug. 696/2 His Holiness Pope Pius IX. has granted a partial indulgence to all who visit the church. 1963 Jrnl. Mod. Hist. 35 401/2 Yet the ensuing years were marked by renewed persecution, and only a partial indulgence to protestants was offorded by the Toleration Act of 1689. 1991 Our Sunday Visitor's Catholic Encycl. 509/1 Plenary indulgences demand that one be free of all venial sin, but partial indulgences do not require this. < as lemmas |
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