plenary

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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From Middle English plenarie, plenarye, from Late Latin plēnārius, from Latin plēnus (“full”).

The clerk several times used the word “plenary” (of the service), a word Pétya did not understand. — War and Peace, Leo, graf Tolstoy
Or wouldst thou acknowledge it to have become, by thy own sole fault, less plenary than thy adversary's? — Imaginary Conversations and Poems: A Selection, Walter Savage Landor
Forbes granted himself a plenary indulgence, and resumed packing, smiling again at Willie's idea that he was a suitor for the post of third husband to Mrs. Neff. — What Will People Say? A Novel, Rupert Hughes

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