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Plenary

Plē'na-ry, a.

adjective

(Synop., § 130), a. [L. Lat. plenarius, from Lat. plenus, full, from plere, to fill; It. plenario, Fr. plénier, plénière, Pr. plénier, plener, O. Sp. plenero, N. Sp. llenero.] Full; entire; complete; as, a plenary license; plenary consent; plenary indulgence.

Plenary indulgence (Rom. Cath. Church), an entire remission of penalties due to all sins.—Plenary inspiration, inspiration in which there is no mixture whatever of error.

Plē'na-ry, n.

noun

n. Decisive procedure. [Obs.] Ayliffe.