pardoner
Americannoun
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a person who pardons.
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(during the Middle Ages) an ecclesiastical official authorized to sell indulgences.
noun
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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Medieval Europe - High School
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Example Sentences
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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 Rudder, Robert S.
At that point my master, the pardoner, picked up a spear that was lying against the door of the room where they were playing.
From The Life of Lazarillo of Tormes; his fortunes and misfortunes as told by himself by Rudder, Robert S.
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 Lang, Andrew
What has become of the knight, the prioress, the sumner, the monk, pardoner, squire, alchemist, friar; and where can they or their equivalents be found in all England?
From A History of English Romanticism in the Eighteenth Century by Beers, Henry A. (Henry Augustin)
I stopped a fat pardoner riding apace for Holywood.
From The Black Arrow by Stevenson, Robert Louis
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