Definition of Indulgince
Indulgence, remission by Church authority of the guilt of a sin on
the penitent confession of the sinner to a priest, which, according to
Roman Catholic theology, the Church is enabled to dispense out of the
inexhaustible treasury in reserve of the merits of Christ.
- Wikipedia
In*dul"gence (?), n. [L.
indulgentia: cf. F. indulgence.]
1. The act of indulging or humoring; the
quality of being indulgent; forbearance of restrain or
control.
If I were a judge, that word indulgence should
never issue from my lips. Tooke.
They err, that through indulgence to others, or
fondness to any sin in themselves, substitute for repentance anything
less. Hammond.
2. An indulgent act; favor granted;
gratification.
If all these gracious indulgences are without
any effect on us, we must perish in our own folly.
Rogers.
3. (R. C. Ch.) Remission of the
temporal punishment due to sins, after the guilt of sin has been
remitted by sincere repentance; absolution from the censures and
public penances of the church. It is a payment of the debt of justice
to God by the application of the merits of Christ and his saints to
the contrite soul through the church. It is therefore believed to
diminish or destroy for sins the punishment of purgatory.
In*dul"gence (?), v. t. To grant
an indulgence to.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- the act of indulging
- tolerance
- catering to someone's every desire
- something in which someone indulges
- (Roman Catholic Church) a pardon or release from the expectation of punishment in purgatory, after the sinner has been granted absolution
- (Roman Catholic Church) to provide with an indulgence
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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