pardoner

n. 宽恕的人, 卖赦罪符者

发音

CA /ˈpɑɹdənə/

词形变化

pardoners 复数 pardoners

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    One who pardons.

  2. 2.

    In medieval Catholicism, a person licensed to grant papal pardons or indulgences.

    历史

    These grants of Indulgence were often entrusted to preachers of note ("Pardoners") who carried them from town to town, collecting money and using their eloquence to recommend the good work in question and to enhance the spiritual privileges attached to it.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 2

excuser forgiver

上位词 6

actor worker divine doer cleric ecclesiastic

下位词 1

absolver

词源

From pardon + -er.

来源：wiktionary