PLENARY

plenary

(adjective) full in all respects; “a plenary session of the legislature”; “a diplomat with plenary powers”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

plenary (comparative more plenary, superlative most plenary)

Fully attended; for everyone's attendance.

(theology or legal) Complete; full; entire; absolute.

Noun

plenary (plural plenaries)

plenary session

(pedagogy) Part of a lesson, usually at or towards the end, designed to review or evaluate the learning that has taken place.

Source: Wiktionary


Ple"na*ry, a. Etym: [LL. plenarius, fr. L. plenus full. See Plenty.]

Definition: Full; entire; complete; absolute; as, a plenary license; plenary authority. A treatise on a subject should be plenary or full. I. Watts. 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.

Ple"na*ry, n. (Law)

Definition: Decisive procedure. [Obs.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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