indulgencyn.
/ɪnˈdʌldʒənsi/ Now rare.† 3. = indulgence n. 3. Obsolete.
1.
a. The quality or practice of being indulgent; indulgent disposition or action; = indulgence n. 1.
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society > authority > lack of strictness > [noun] > indulgence
indulgencea1382
indulgency1547
indulgement1691
indulgency1698
1547 Act 1 Edw. VI c. 12 §1 Great clemencye and indulgencye..rather..then exacte severitie and justice to be shewed.
1641 Naunton's Fragmenta Regalia sig. E4 The first was a violent indulgence of the Queenes, which is incident to old age..towards this great Lord.
1659 T. Burton Diary (1828) IV. 395 We used all acts of indulgency to them.
1663 A. Cowley Ess. in Verse & Prose (1669) v Thrice happy He To whom the wise indulgency of Heaven, With sparing hand, but just enough has given.
1704 T. D'Urfey Fatal Piety in Tales 247 Tortur'd 'twixt Indulgency and Rage.
1806 J. Beresford Miseries Human Life I. i. 11 As the crown of all its indulgencies.
b. An indulgence; = indulgence n. 1b.
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society > authority > lack of subjection > permission > [noun] > indulgent permission > an indulgence granted
indulgencea1616
favour1634
indulgency1768
1768 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued II. iii. 34 Indulgencies.. granted in condescension to our infirmity.
1811 A. de Beauclerc Ora & Juliet I. 101 This person..distributed her indulgencies..according to the price that was paid for them.
2.
a. = indulgence n. 2.
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1698 J. Norris Pract. Disc. Divine Subj. IV. 321 You should be very sparing and indifferent in the indulgency of your Passions.
1889 R. L. Stevenson Master of Ballantrae x. 263 I warn you, my lord, against this indulgency of evil feeling.
b. = indulgence n. 2b.
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society > morality > moral evil > evil nature or character > lack of magnanimity or noble-mindedness > self-interest > [noun] > selfishness > self-pleasing or self-indulgence
self-pleasing1583
self-indulgence1636
indulgence1649
indulgency1685
ego-tripping1972
1685 J. Norris Let. 28 Jan. in Theory & Regulation Love (1688) 167 That sort of corporal indulgency, which is emphatically call'd sensuality.
1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson ii. xiii. 278 An amicable well frequented port..abounding with the conveniencies and indulgencies of a civilized life.
1827 J. F. Cooper Prairie I. i. 14 Thousands..broke up from the enjoyment of their hard earned indulgencies.
1878 F. A. Kemble Rec. of Girlhood I. iii. 90 Meantime, the poetical studies, or rather indulgencies of home, had ceased.
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society > faith > worship > sacrament > confession > penance > remission of penance > [noun] > indulgentiary
pardonc1300
indulgence1362
patentc1400
manuary1537
indulgency1670
1670 G. Havers tr. G. Leti Il Cardinalismo di Santa Chiesa i. i. 11 They receive Indulgencies.
1708 P. A. Motteux Wks. F. Rabelais (1737) iv. xxix. 119 Swarming with Pardons, Indulgencies, and Stations.
1789 C. Burney Gen. Hist. Music III. 32 (note) Luther began to preach against indulgencies 1517.
1845 S. Austin tr. L. von Ranke Hist. Reformation in Germany III. 519 The communes..were vainly reminded how much their masses and indulgencies had heretofore cost them.
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