GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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   Plenary , a. [LL. plenarius, fr. L. plenus full. See Plenty.] Full; entire; complete; absolute; as, a plenary license; plenary authority.
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   A treatise on a subject should be plenary or full.
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   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.
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   Plenary, n. (Law) Decisive procedure. [Obs.]
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