partial indulgence

noun

partial indulgence

noun

Etymology From partial + indulgence, a calque of Ecclesiastical Latin indulgentia partiālis.

1

Catholicism, Christianity, Roman Catholicism An indulgence that remits part of a person’s sins, and thus part of their time in purgatory.

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