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indults

indults is the plural of indult.

Meaning of indult

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

Questions about indults

What is indults the plural of?
Indults is the plural of indult.

Words near indults in the dictionary

  1. indulines
  2. indulins
  3. indult
  4. indulto
  5. indultos
  6. indults
  7. indument
  8. indumenta
  9. indumental
  10. induments
  11. indumentum

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