pardoner

English

Etymology

pardon +‎ -er.

Pronunciation
  • (Canada) IPA(key): /ˈpɑɹdənə/

Noun

pardoner (plural pardoners)

  1. One who pardons.
  2. (historical) In medieval Catholicism, a person licensed to grant papal pardons or indulgences.
    • c. 1390: Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales (Prologue)
      With him there rode a gentle pardonere / Of Ronceval, his friend and his compere, / That straight was comen from the court of Rome.
    • 1820, Sir Walter Scott, The Abbot
      […] old men, cheated by their wives and daughters, pillaged by their sons, and imposed on by their domestics, a braggadocia captain, a knavish pardoner or quaestionary, a country bumpkin and a wanton city dame.
    • 1917, Catholic Encyclopedia, "Collections"
      These grants of Indulgence were often entrusted to preachers of note ("Pardoners") who carried them from town to town, collecting money and using their eloquence to recommend the good work in question and to enhance the spiritual privileges attached to it.

Old French

Alternative forms
  • parduner (Anglo-Norman)
  • perdoner (10th century)

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *perdonō, from Latin per- + donō, a calque of a Germanic word represented by Frankish *firgeban (“to forgive, give up completely”), from fir- + geban, or a calque of Proto-Germanic *fragebaną. Akin to Old High German fargeban, firgeban (“to forgive”), Old English forġiefan (“to forgive”). More at forgive.

Verb

pardoner

  1. to pardon; to forgive

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. This verb has irregularities in its conjugation. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of pardoner (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple compound
infinitive pardoner avoir pardoné
gerund en pardonant Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle pardonant
past participle pardoné
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu il nos vos il
simple
tenses		 present pardoing, pardoins pardones pardone pardonons pardonez pardonent
imperfect pardonoie, pardoneie, pardonoe, pardoneve pardonoies, pardoneies, pardonoes, pardoneves pardonoit, pardoneit, pardonot, pardoneve pardoniiens, pardoniens pardoniiez, pardoniez pardonoient, pardoneient, pardonoent, pardonevent
preterite pardonai pardonas pardona pardonames pardonastes pardonerent
future pardonrai, pardorrai, pardorai pardonras, pardorras, pardoras pardonra, pardorra, pardora pardonrons, pardorrons, pardorons pardonroiz, pardonreiz, pardonrez, pardorroiz, pardorreiz, pardorrez, pardoroiz, pardoreiz, pardorez pardonront, pardorront, pardoront
conditional pardonroie, pardonreie, pardorroie, pardorreie, pardoroie, pardoreie pardonroies, pardonreies, pardorroies, pardorreies, pardoroies, pardoreies pardonroit, pardonreit, pardorroit, pardorreit, pardoroit, pardoreit pardonriiens, pardonriens, pardorriiens, pardorriens, pardoriiens, pardoriens pardonriiez, pardonriez, pardorriiez, pardorriez, pardoriiez, pardoriez pardonroient, pardonreient, pardorroient, pardorreient, pardoroient, pardoreient
compound
tenses		 present perfect Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
pluperfect Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
past anterior Use the preterite tense of avoir followed by the past participle
future perfect Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
conditional perfect Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive que jo que tu qu’il que nos que vos qu’il
simple
tenses		 present pardoigne, pardoinse pardoignes, pardoinses pardoigne, pardoint, pardont, pardoinse, pardoinst pardonons, pardoigniens, pardoignons, pardoinsiens, pardoinsons pardonez, pardoigniez, pardoinsiez pardoignent, pardoinsent
imperfect pardonasse pardonasses pardonast pardonissons, pardonissiens pardonissoiz, pardonissez, pardonissiez pardonassent
compound
tenses		 past Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
pluperfect Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative – tu – nos vos –
— pardone — pardonons pardonez —

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