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pardon monger

pardon monger is the alternative spelling of pardonmonger.

Meaning of pardonmonger

Noun

pardonmonger (plural pardonmongers)

  1. (archaic, derogatory) A seller of (papal) indulgences.
    • I read of Tecelius, the Popes pardonmonger in Germany, that having by sale of indulgences scraped together a huge masse of money and returning for Rome, he was met and eased of his cash by an odde fellow; who being afterwards prosecuted for a felon, produced a pardon for future sinnes granted him...1650, John Trapp, Solomonis Παναρετος: or, A Commentarie upon the Books of Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, and the Song of Songs […], page 126

Forms of pardon monger

pluralpardon mongers

Questions about pardon monger

What is pardon monger the alternative spelling of?
Pardon monger is the alternative spelling of pardonmonger.

Words near pardon monger in the dictionary

  1. pardoes
  2. pardon
  3. pardon me
  4. pardon mon francais
  5. pardon mon français
  6. pardon monger
  7. pardon mongers
  8. pardon my francais
  9. pardon my français
  10. pardon my French
  11. pardon the expression

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