Noun: pardoner paa(r)d-(u-)nu(r)
- A person who pardons or forgives or excuses a fault or offence
"She was known as a pardoner, always willing to give others a second chance";
- forgiver, excuser
- A medieval cleric who raised money for the church by selling papal indulgences
"The pardoner in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales sold fake relics"
Derived forms: pardoners
Type of: actor, cleric, divine, doer, ecclesiast, ecclesiastic, worker
Encyclopedia: Pardoner