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.
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A treatise on a subject should be plenary or full. --I.
Watts.
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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.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Plenary \Ple"na*ry\, n. (Law)
Decisive procedure. [Obs.]
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
plenary
adj 1: full in all respects; "a plenary session of the
legislature"; "a diplomat with plenary powers"