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Webster 1913 Edition

Plenary

Ple′na-ry

,
Adj.
[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
.

Ple′na-ry

,
Noun.
(Law)
Decisive procedure.
[Obs.]

Webster 1828 Edition

Plenary

PLE'NARY

,
Adj.
[L. plenus.] Full; entire; complete; as a plenary license; plenary consent; plenary indulgence. The plenary indulgence of the pope is an entire remission of penalties to all sins.

PLE'NARY

,
Noun.
Decisive procedure. [Not used.]

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