"indulgency" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: indulgencies [plural]
Etymology: From Latin indulgentia. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|indulgentia}} Latin indulgentia Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} indulgency (countable and uncountable, plural indulgencies)
  1. (dated) indulgence Tags: countable, dated, uncountable Derived forms: indulgency pattern
    Sense id: en-indulgency-en-noun-Fe5xuz3t Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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