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pardoner

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Canada/ˈpɑɹdənə/

pardoner noun: one who pardons.

Noun

pardoner (plural pardoners)

  1. One who pardons.
  2. (historical) In medieval Catholicism, a person licensed to grant papal pardons or indulgences.
    • […] old men, cheated by their wives and daughters, pillaged by their sons, and imposed on by their domestics, a braggadocia captain, a knavish pardoner or quaestionary, a country bumpkin and a wanton city dame.1820, Sir Walter Scott, The Abbot
    • These grants of Indulgence were often entrusted to preachers of note ("Pardoners") who carried them from town to town, collecting money and using their eloquence to recommend the good work in question and to enhance the spiritual privileges attached to it.1917, Catholic Encyclopedia, "Collections" http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04104b.htm

Forms of pardoner

pluralpardoners

Origin of pardoner

From pardon + -er.

Questions about pardoner

What does pardoner mean?
Pardoner means one who pardons.
What part of speech is pardoner?
Pardoner is a noun.
How do you pronounce pardoner?
Pardoner is pronounced /ˈpɑɹdənə/ (Canada).
What is the plural of pardoner?
The plural of pardoner is pardoners.

Words near pardoner in the dictionary

  1. pardonably
  2. pardoned
  3. pardoned my French
  4. pardonee
  5. pardonees
  6. pardoner
  7. pardoners
  8. pardonest
  9. pardoneth
  10. Pardongate
  11. pardoning

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