indulgency
noun
indulgencies
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pluralof indulgency.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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There’s little doubt that Mr. Hopper’s indulgencies took their toll, but if “The Last Movie” had made the money, you might be reading a different story.
From New York Times ● Apr. 7, 2010
Having been early left an orphan by both parents, he received an hardy and robust education, not tempered by the elegancies of literature, nor much allayed by the indulgencies of natural affection.
From Four Early Pamphlets by William Godwin
Longshanks granted them many and various indulgencies; by his permission, they even had a synagogue in London.
From Dealings with the Dead, Volume I (of 2) by A Sexton of the Old School
Dr. Beaumont was now their superior only in goodness and wisdom; a superiority more easily endured than that created by affluence or a larger share of temporal indulgencies.
From The Loyalists, Vol. 1-3 An Historical Novel by Jane West
The most luxurious were often the first to part with their indulgencies.
From The Last Man by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
