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A-Z: General definitions: Pardoner
Definition
Person who dispensed indulgences in return for contributions of alms in the Middle Ages. Frequently guilty of promoting abuses of the system.
The practice in the medieval Christian Church of issuing pardons, in return for acts of giving or pilgrimage to holy places, which were believed to reduce part of the punishment which individuals would have been due to suffer in Purgatory.
Charitable giving to the poor.
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