Pardons
//ˈpɑɹ.dənz//
"Pardons" in a Sentence (3 examples)
A thousand pardons for coming into your house so late.
The invention of a purgatory, and of the releasing of souls therefrom, by prayers, bought of the church with money; the selling of pardons, dispensations, and indulgences, are revenue laws, without bearing that name or carrying that appearance.
According to writer Eric Frattini, Pope Alexander III had sexual relations with believers in exchange for pardons and had 62 children.
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