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
Example Sentences
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Another survivor, the writer Jean Améry, mistaking comprehension for concession, disapprovingly called Levi “the pardoner,” though Levi repeatedly argued that he was interested in justice, not in indiscriminate forgiveness.
From The New Yorker
Like the professional pardoners of the Middle Ages who pedaled indulgences to the highest bidders, they pervert teachings for profit.
From Time
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
A "bird pardoner" sets up snares in the trees of Rohan's garden, trapping the birds in nooses of steel wire.
From The Guardian
He next succeeded in obtaining the patronage of a pardoner who travelled from place to place selling indulgences and relics.
From Project Gutenberg
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