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INDULT (Lat. indullum, from indulgere, grant, concede, allow)
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INDULT (Lat. indullum, from indulgere, grant, concede, allow), a; papal licence which authorizes the doing of something not sanctioned by the common law of the church; thus by an indult the pope authorizes a bishop to grant certain relaxations during the Lenten fast according to the necessities of the situation, climate, &c., of his diocese.