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pardoner definition

par·doner (-ər)

noun

  1. a medieval preacher who collected money offerings (as for building a church) to which indulgences were attached
  2. a person who pardons

Etymology: ME < Anglo-Fr

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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