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plenary |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Plenary \Ple"na*ry\, a. [LL. plenarius fr L. plenus full. See {Plenty}.] Full; entire; complete; absolute; as a plenary license; plenary authority. A treatise on a subject should be plenary or full. --I. Watts. {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}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Plenary \Ple"na*ry\, n. (Law) Decisive procedure. [Obs.] From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: plenary adj : full in all respects; "a plenary session of the legislature"; "a diplomat with plenary powers"
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