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.
    • 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

Etymology

From Late Latin perdōnāre.

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 gerund of avoir + 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 present tense of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
past anterior preterite tense of avoir + past participle
future perfect future tense of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional tense of avoir + 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 present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nos vos –
— pardone — pardonons pardonez —

Descendants
  • French: pardonner
    • → Romanian: pardona
  • → Middle English: pardonen
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