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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. full in all respects;
- Example: "a plenary session of the legislature"
- Example: "a diplomat with plenary powers"


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Plenary \Ple"na*ry\, a. [LL. plenarius, fr. L. plenus full. See Plenty.] Full; entire; complete; absolute; as, a plenary license; plenary authority. [1913 Webster] A treatise on a subject should be plenary or full. --I. Watts. [1913 Webster] Plenary indulgence (R. C. Ch.), an entire remission of temporal punishment due to, or canonical penance for, all sins. Plenary inspiration. (Theol.) See under Inspiration. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Plenary \Ple"na*ry\, n. (Law) Decisive procedure. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

plenary adj 1: full in all respects; "a plenary session of the legislature"; "a diplomat with plenary powers"