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in⋅dult

  [in-duhlt]
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–noun Roman Catholic Church.
a dispensation granted often temporarily by the pope, permitting a deviation from church law.
Origin:
1525–35; < ML indultum n. use of neut. of indultus, ptp. of indulgēre to indulge
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in·dult   (ĭn-dŭlt')   
n.   Roman Catholic Church
A faculty granted by the pope to deviate from the common law of the Church.

[Middle English, from Medieval Latin indultum, from Late Latin, concession, gift, from Latin indultum, neuter past participle of indulgēre, to be kind.]
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