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English History and Scottish History. Applied (a) to the grant or offer to Nonconformists, in the reigns of Charles II and James II, of certain…
An indulgence or relaxation of a monastic rule. historical. Obsolete.
a letter issued on ecclesiastical authority giving permission to eat butter in Lent.