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indulgement

indulgement noun: indulgence.

Noun

indulgement (countable and uncountable, plural indulgements)

  1. (archaic) indulgence
    • But giving himself the liberty of too frequent indulgements, either to please his friend, or patient, or both, was taken away by death in the prime of his years on the 12th day of October (or thereabouts) in sixteen hundred seventy three, and was, I suppose, buried in the chappel belonging to the...1691, [Anthony Wood], Athenæ Oxonienses. An Exact History of All the Writers and Bishops who have had Their Education in the Most Ancient and Famous University of Oxford from the Fifteenth Year of...

Forms of indulgement

pluralindulgements

Origin of indulgement

From indulge + -ment.

Questions about indulgement

What does indulgement mean?
Indulgement means indulgence.
What part of speech is indulgement?
Indulgement is a noun.
What is the plural of indulgement?
The plural of indulgement is indulgements.

Words near indulgement in the dictionary

  1. indulge
  2. indulgeable
  3. indulged
  4. indulgee
  5. indulgees
  6. indulgement
  7. indulgements
  8. indulgence
  9. indulgenced
  10. indulgencer
  11. indulgencers

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