pardoner

pardoner

English

Etymology

pardon +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• (Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈpɑɹdənə/

Noun

pardoner (plural pardoners)

1. One who pardons.
2. (historical) In medieval Catholicism, a person licensed to grant papal pardons or indulgences.
   • c. 1390: Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales (Prologue)

     With him there rode a gentle pardonere / Of Ronceval, his friend and his compere, / That straight was comen from the court of Rome.

   • 1820, Sir Walter Scott, The Abbot

     […] old men, cheated by their wives and daughters, pillaged by their sons, and imposed on by their domestics, a braggadocia captain, a knavish pardoner or quaestionary, a country bumpkin and a wanton city dame.

   • 1917, Catholic Encyclopedia, "Collections"

     These grants of Indulgence were often entrusted to preachers of note ("Pardoners") who carried them from town to town, collecting money and using their eloquence to recommend the good work in question and to enhance the spiritual privileges attached to it.

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Old French

Alternative forms

• parduner (Anglo-Norman)
• perdoner (10th century)

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *perdonō, from Latin per- + donō, a calque of a Germanic word represented by Frankish *firgeban (“to forgive, give up completely”), from fir- + geban, or a calque of Proto-Germanic *fragebaną. Akin to Old High German fargeban, firgeban (“to forgive”), Old English forġiefan (“to forgive”). More at forgive.

Verb

pardoner

1. to pardon; to forgive

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. This verb has irregularities in its conjugation. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of pardoner (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		pardoner			avoir pardoné
gerund		en pardonant			Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle		pardonant
past participle		pardoné
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	pardoing, pardoins	pardones	pardone	pardonons	pardonez	pardonent
	imperfect	pardonoie, pardoneie, pardonoe, pardoneve	pardonoies, pardoneies, pardonoes, pardoneves	pardonoit, pardoneit, pardonot, pardoneve	pardoniiens, pardoniens	pardoniiez, pardoniez	pardonoient, pardoneient, pardonoent, pardonevent
	preterite	pardonai	pardonas	pardona	pardonames	pardonastes	pardonerent
	future	pardonrai, pardorrai, pardorai	pardonras, pardorras, pardoras	pardonra, pardorra, pardora	pardonrons, pardorrons, pardorons	pardonroiz, pardonreiz, pardonrez, pardorroiz, pardorreiz, pardorrez, pardoroiz, pardoreiz, pardorez	pardonront, pardorront, pardoront
	conditional	pardonroie, pardonreie, pardorroie, pardorreie, pardoroie, pardoreie	pardonroies, pardonreies, pardorroies, pardorreies, pardoroies, pardoreies	pardonroit, pardonreit, pardorroit, pardorreit, pardoroit, pardoreit	pardonriiens, pardonriens, pardorriiens, pardorriens, pardoriiens, pardoriens	pardonriiez, pardonriez, pardorriiez, pardorriez, pardoriiez, pardoriez	pardonroient, pardonreient, pardorroient, pardorreient, pardoroient, pardoreient
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	past anterior	Use the preterite tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	pardoigne, pardoinse	pardoignes, pardoinses	pardoigne, pardoint, pardont, pardoinse, pardoinst	pardonons, pardoigniens, pardoignons, pardoinsiens, pardoinsons	pardonez, pardoigniez, pardoinsiez	pardoignent, pardoinsent
	imperfect	pardonasse	pardonasses	pardonast	pardonissons, pardonissiens	pardonissoiz, pardonissez, pardonissiez	pardonassent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	pardone	—	pardonons	pardonez	—

Descendants

• English: pardon (borrowed)
• French: pardonner