indult

American  

[in-duhlt] / ɪnˈdʌlt /

noun

Roman Catholic Church.

1. a dispensation granted often temporarily by the pope, permitting a deviation from church law.

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indult British  

/ ɪnˈdʌlt /

noun

1. RC Church a faculty granted by the Holy See allowing a specific deviation from the Church's common law

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Etymology

Origin of indult

1525–35; < Medieval Latin indultum noun use of neuter of indultus, past participle of indulgēre to indulge

Example Sentences

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indult

On procedure, the U.S. operates under a temporary dispensation called an indult.

From Time Magazine Archive

Under the U.S. indult, which will remain in force until the new code goes into effect, perhaps by 1983, annulments are handled by a local church tribunal.

From Time Magazine Archive

The indult was granted by Pope Paul VI in 1969 as an experiment, because the American hierarchy requested help on its huge backlog of cases.

From Time Magazine Archive

Let no one therefore, etc., infringe, etc., this our indult, extension, enlargement, grant, will, and decree.

From The Philippine Islands, 1493-1803 — Volume 01 of 55 1493-1529 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Beginning of the Nineteenth Century by James Alexander Robertson

Without publication of the banns, on an indult.

From Whirlpools A Novel of Modern Poland by Henryk Sienkiewicz