indulgedadj.
/ɪnˈdʌldʒd/ 1. Gratified or favoured by compliance; humoured, etc. (see the verb).
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > lack of strictness > [adjective] > indulgent > indulged
pomped1509
humoured1649
indulged1736
1736 Bp. J. Butler Analogy of Relig. ii. vi. 216 If there be a strong Bias within, suppose from indulged Passion, to favour the Deceit.
1831 J. Keble Serm. (1848) v. 107 Partaking in other men's sins, merely by brooding over them in fancy, with anything like indulged approbation or sympathy.
2. That has received or accepted an Indulgence; in Scottish History applied to those Presbyterian ministers, who, in the reigns of Charles II and James II, were licensed to hold services under certain conditions: see indulgence n. 4.
ΘΚΠ
society > faith > church government > ecclesiastical authority > [adjective] > subject to dispensation
dispensable1533
indulged1682
1682 E. Pearse Conformist's 2nd Plea for Nonconformists 37 When His Majesty was moved to grant an Indulgence, the indulged were to give their Names, and their Places.
1693 Apol. Clergy Scotl. 105 Mr. Rate, then Minister of Dundee, an Indulg'd Presbyterian.
1816 W. Scott Old Mortality v, in Tales of my Landlord 1st Ser. II. 92 My uncle..is of opinion, that we enjoy a reasonable freedom of conscience under the indulged clergyman.
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