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indult

indult noun: 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.

Noun

indult (plural indults)

  1. 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.
    • 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), […]2015 August 27, Ross Douthat, “Catholic Exceptions and Catholic Rules”, in New York Times Opinion Pages, retrieved 03 Jun 2021

Forms of indult

pluralindults
alternative formindulto

Questions about indult

What does indult mean?
Indult means 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.
What part of speech is indult?
Indult is a noun.
What is the plural of indult?
The plural of indult is indults.

Words near indult in the dictionary

  1. indulgingly
  2. indulin
  3. induline
  4. indulines
  5. indulins
  6. indult
  7. indulto
  8. indultos
  9. indults
  10. indument
  11. indumenta

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