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Pardoner

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Noun

1. excuser, forgiver, pardoner

a person who pardons or forgives or excuses a fault or offense

2. pardoner

a medieval cleric who raised money for the church by selling papal indulgences

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Pardoner

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noun
(before the Reformation) a person licensed to sell ecclesiastical indulgences

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Pardoner

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

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Pardoner

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n.
1. One that pardons: a pardoner of the sins of others.
2. A medieval ecclesiastic or layman authorized to raise money for religious works by granting papal indulgences to contributors.

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