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Plural of indulgence

regular plural

The plural of indulgence is indulgences.

Forms of indulgence

Singularindulgence /ɪnˈdʌl.d͡ʒəns/
Pluralindulgences
Countablecountable and uncountable

Indulgences in a sentence

  • "In other words, the ONLY indulgences we'll be getting for a while is fixing your wardrobe.2013, Jocelyn Samara D., Rain, volume 1, →ISBN, page 199
  • To understand how indulgences were intended to work depends on linking together a number of assumptions about sin and the afterlife, each of which individually makes considerable sense.2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin, published 2010, page 555
  • "Part of indulgences is not just saying special prayers, but also doing good works."2009 February 22, Bonnie Rochman, “Why Catholic Indulgences Are Making a Comeback”, in Time, retrieved 15 Aug 2014. From the entry good work
  • Therefore, what Proverbs is to Godlike wisdom, Ecclesiastes is to man's carnal tendencies and his self indulgences.2004, Ed Marr, Vol 1: Repentance: The Doctrine of God and the Knowledge of Salvation (in the Old Testament), page 268. From the entry self indulgence
  • Her petulant sister and the logy Luella never dreamed that Aunt Crete desired such unauntly indulgences.1993 [1911], Grace Livingston Hill, “Aunt Crete’s Emancipation”, in Grace Livingston Hill: Five Complete Novels in One Volume, Barbour and…. From the entry unauntly

Meaning of indulgence

  1. noun The act of indulging.
  2. noun Tolerance.
  3. noun The act of catering to someone's every desire.

Full definition of indulgence

Questions about the plural of indulgence

What is the plural of indulgence?
The plural of indulgence is indulgences.
Is indulgence countable?
Indulgence is a countable and uncountable noun.

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