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pardonmongers

pardonmongers is the plural 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

Questions about pardonmongers

What is pardonmongers the plural of?
Pardonmongers is the plural of pardonmonger.

Words near pardonmongers in the dictionary

  1. pardoning
  2. pardoning my French
  3. pardonings
  4. pardonless
  5. pardonmonger
  6. pardonmongers
  7. pardonnez mon français
  8. pardonnez my French
  9. pardons
  10. pardons my French
  11. pardoprunox

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