indult
English
Alternative forms
- indulto
Noun
indult (plural indults)
- (Catholicism) A permission or privilege granted by the church authority that excepts an individual from what is otherwise a norm of church law, such as a release from monastic vows.
- 2015 August 27, Ross Douthat, “Catholic Exceptions and Catholic Rules”, in New York Times Opinion Pages, retrieved 2021-06-03:
- That’s why, for instance, most American Catholics now receive communion in the hand (permission for which was originally granted as an “indult,” an exception), […]
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Further reading
indult on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin indultus, past participle of indulgeō (“I indulge”).
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Valencian) IPA(key): /inˈdult/
- (Central) IPA(key): /inˈdul/
Noun
indult m (plural indults)
- (law) pardon
- Synonym: perdó
Derived terms
- indultar
Related terms
- gràcia
Further reading
- “indult” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “indult” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
French
Noun
indult m (plural indults)
- indult
Further reading
- “indult”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Hungarian
Etymology
indul + -t
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈindult]
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: in‧dult
Verb
indult
- third-person singular past of indul
- Az ajtó felé indult. ― S/he headed for the door.
Romanian
Etymology
From French indult, from Latin indultum.
Noun
indult n (uncountable)
- indult
Declension
declension of indult (singular only)
| singular | ||
|---|---|---|
| n gender | indefinite articulation | definite articulation |
| nominative/accusative | (un) indult | indultul |
| genitive/dative | (unui) indult | indultului |
| vocative | indultule | |