Definition of Indulgences

1. Noun. (plural of indulgence) ¹

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Definition of Indulgences

1. indulgence [n] - See also: indulgence

Lexicographical Neighbors of Indulgences

inductura
indue
indued
induement
induements
indues
induhvidual
induhviduals
induing
indulge
indulged
indulgement
indulgements
indulgence
indulgenced
indulgences (current term)
indulgencing
indulgency
indulgent
indulgential
indulgently
indulger
indulgers
indulges
indulging
indulgingly
indulin
indulin -50415
induline
indulines

Literary usage of Indulgences

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"The indulgences known as Apostolic or Apostolical are those which the ... The principles set forth in the general article on indulgences apply here also. ..."

2. The Cambridge Modern History by Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero (1907)
"It had one immediate consequence on the theory of indulgences. ... It was here that the new idea of indulgences came in to aid the ..."

3. Institutes of the Christian Religion by Jean Calvin (1921)
"THIS doctrine of satisfaction has given rise to indulgences. For by indulgences they pretend, that the deficiency of our abilities to make satisfaction is ..."

4. A Theological Dictionary, Containing Definitions of All Religious Terms: A by Charles Buck (1823)
"ght be fu.ly ascertained respecting indulgences wt nt to the office, .mil for two si quins purchased a pb nary i mission ot a sins for hi ins- if and ..."

5. Church History by Johann Heinrich Kurtz (1889)
"The reckless and shameless sale of indulgences often made the exercise of church discipline impossible, and the discreditable conduct of the mendicant monks ..."

6. History of the Reformation of the Sixteenth Century by Jean Henri Merle d'Aubigné (1851)
"First, you oppose to me the constitution of 1'ope Clement VI., in which it is said that the treasure of indulgences is the merit of the Lord Jesus Christ ..."

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