indult

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

INDULT' INDULT'O, noun [Latin indultus, indulged.] 1. In the church of Rome, the power of presenting to benefices, granted to certain persons, as to kings and cardinals. 2. In Spain, a duty, tax or custom, paid to the king for all goods imported from the West Indies in the galleons.
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