plenary meaning: definition, etymology and quotations

plenary

adj

UK /ˈpliːnəɹi/ · US /ˈpliːnəɹi/

Etymology From Middle English plenarie, plenarye, from Late Latin plēnārius, from Latin plēnus (“full”).

Fully attended by a plenum; for everyone's attendance.

Law, Lifestyle, Religion, Theology Complete; full; entire; absolute.

The method of treating a subject should be plenary or full.1725, Isaac Watts, Logick: Or, The Right Use of Reason in the Enquiry after Truth, […], 2nd edition, London: […] John Clark and Richard Hett, […], Emanuel Matthews, […], and Richard Ford, […], published 1726, →OCLC:

Derived terms: plenarily, plenariness, plenary council, plenary court, plenary indulgence, plenary power, plenary session, plenary speaker, plenary talk

noun

Etymology From Middle English plenarie, plenarye, from Late Latin plēnārius, from Latin plēnus (“full”).

A plenary session.

Education Part of a lesson, usually at or towards the end, designed to review or evaluate the learning that has taken place.

Alternatively, the plenary may be used as preparation for the next lesson, and it might support the children to discuss some vocabulary with the TA to help them prepare.2004, Brian Sharp, Meeting SEN in the Curriculum: Maths, →ISBN, page 114:
A good plenary doesn't just consolidate learning in that one lesson; it provides feedback for the teacher across a period of time and offers the chance to resolve any misconceptions.2010, Caroline Bentley-Davies, How to be an amazing teacher, →ISBN:

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During the plenary the teacher wanted to consolidate this by getting pupils to use and apply what they had learned and also to discuss the calculating strategies they would use in different situations.2013, Richard English, Maths and ICT in the Primary School: A Creative Approach, →ISBN, page 30: