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Pardoner   Listen
noun
Pardoner  n.  
1.
One who pardons.
2.
A seller of indulgences. (Obs.)






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Pardoner" Quotes from Famous Books



... in a gathering such as this, monks and friars and their like figured largely. There was a monk, a worldly man, fond of dress, fond of hunting, fond of a good dinner; and a friar even more worldly and pleasure-loving. 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. A summoner was a person who went to summon or call people to appear before the Church courts when ...
— English Literature For Boys And Girls • H.E. Marshall



Words linked to "Pardoner" :   someone, forgiver, excuser, soul, cleric, person, somebody, churchman, ecclesiastic, pardon, absolver



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