pardoner
Americannoun
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pardoners
plural
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a person who pardons.
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(during the Middle Ages) an ecclesiastical official authorized to sell indulgences.
noun
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Etymology
Origin of pardoner
Middle English word dating back to 1325–75; see origin at pardon, -er 1
Vocabulary lists containing pardoner
Medieval Europe - Middle School
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In fact, time now begins to race past: four months with the pardoner, four years with the chaplain.
From The Life of Lazarillo of Tormes; his fortunes and misfortunes as told by himself by Robert S. Rudder
Nay, be you pardoner or cheat, Or cogger keen, or mumper shy, You'll burn your fingers at the feat, And howl like other folks that fry.
From Ballads in Blue China by Andrew Lang
There was a pardoner, a man who sold pardons to those who had done wrong, and a sumpnour or summoner, who was so ugly and vile that children were afraid of him.
From English Literature for Boys and Girls by H. E. (Henrietta Elizabeth) Marshall
And the story of the constable and the pardoner is to be found in the fourth novel of Il novellino by Masuccio Salernitano, and may also be a folktale.
From The Life of Lazarillo of Tormes; his fortunes and misfortunes as told by himself by Robert S. Rudder
It is my holy mission to be a sompnour or pardoner.
From The White Company by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
In pursuit of spiritual purity, but largely unable to resist the occasional temptation, the desperate populace turned to "pardoners" to cleanse them of their sins.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 19, 2014
Records held by the Corporation of the City of London dating back to the 15th century reveal several cases of "lying pardoners" being put in the stocks.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 19, 2014
Below is a rundown of what America’s most notable pardoners have said—and what they really meant.
From Slate ● Jan. 12, 2012
It was just such forlorn human beings whom Abraham Lincoln, the greatest of presidential pardoners, could not resist.
From Time Magazine Archive
And pardoners were—often unscrupulously—selling indulgences that granted the forgiveness of sins in return for money to fight the infidel in North Africa and the Mediterranean.
From The Life of Lazarillo of Tormes; his fortunes and misfortunes as told by himself by Robert S. Rudder
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