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pardoner
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun pardoner has 2 senses
- pardoner(n = noun.person) excuser, forgiver - a person who pardons or forgives or excuses a fault or offense; Array is a kind of individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul
- pardoner(n = noun.person) Array - a medieval cleric who raised money for the church by selling papal indulgences; Array has particulars: absolver
Derived form verb pardon2
is a kind of churchman, cleric, divine, ecclesiastic
Derived form verb pardon2
CIDE DICTIONARY
pardoner, n.
- One who pardons. Shak. [1913 Webster]
- A seller of indulgences. Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
pardoner, n. hist. a person licensed to sell papal pardons or indulgences.
Etymology
ME f. AF (as PARDON)
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