English Dictionary: plenary | by the DICT Development Group |
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Plenary \Ple"na*ry\, a. [LL. plenarius, fr. L. plenus full. See {Plenty}.] Full; entire; complete; absolute; as, a plenary license; plenary authority. A treatise on a subject should be plenary or full. --I. Watts. {Plenary indulgence} (R. C. Ch.), an entire remission of temporal punishment due to, or canonical penance for, all sins. {Plenary inspiration}. (Theol.) See under {Inspiration}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Plenary \Ple"na*ry\, n. (Law) Decisive procedure. [Obs.] |