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INDULT (Lat. indullum, from indulgere...

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Originally appearing in Volume V14, Page 507 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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INDULT (See also:Lat. indullum, from indulgere, See also:grant, concede, allow) , a; papal See also:licence which authorizes the doing of something not sanctioned by the See also:common See also:law of the See also:church; thus by an indult the See also:pope authorizes a See also:bishop to grant certain relaxations during the Lenten fast according to the necessities of the situation, See also:climate, &c., of his See also:diocese.

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