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English Dictionary: plenary by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
plenary
adj
  1. full in all respects; "a plenary session of the legislature"; "a diplomat with plenary powers"
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.]
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