pardonmonger
pardonmonger noun: a seller of (papal) indulgences.
Noun
pardonmonger (plural pardonmongers)
- 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
- Some of the bones were probably not even human, for Chaucer had the hardihood to represent the pardonmonger as carrying about with him a “pilwebere,” which he called our Lady’s veil, a cross of tin set full of stones, and pig’s bones in a glass; […]1862, C. S. Carey, Lectures on the History of English Christianity, volume 1, The Roman Catholic Church in England, page 22
Forms of pardonmonger
| plural | pardonmongers |
|---|---|
| alternative form | pardon-monger |
| alternative form | pardon monger |
Origin of pardonmonger
From pardon + monger.
Questions about pardonmonger
- What does pardonmonger mean?
- Pardonmonger means a seller of (papal) indulgences.
- What part of speech is pardonmonger?
- Pardonmonger is a noun.
- What is the plural of pardonmonger?
- The plural of pardonmonger is pardonmongers.
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