Plenary is an adjective related to the noun
plenum carrying a general connotation of fullness.
Plenary may also refer to:
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Plenary session
A plenary session or plenum is a session of a conference or deliberative assembly in which all parties or members are present. Such a session may include a broad range of content, from keynotes to panel discussions, and is not necessarily r ...
or meeting, the part of a conference when all members of all parties are in attendance
**Plenary speaker, a speaker at a plenary session; distinguish from a sectional speaker
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Plenary power
A plenary power or plenary authority is a complete and absolute power to take action on a particular issue, with no limitations. It is derived from the Latin language, Latin term .
United States
In United States constitutional law, plenary powe ...
or plenary authority, the complete power of a governing body
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Plenary council In the Roman Catholic Church, a plenary council is any of various kinds of ecclesiastical synods, used when those summoned represent the whole number of bishops of some given territory. The word itself, derived from the Latin ''plenarium'' (complete ...
, one of various councils of the Catholic Church
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Plenary indulgence
In the teaching of the Catholic Church, an indulgence (, from , 'permit') is "a way to reduce the amount of punishment one has to undergo for (forgiven) sins". The ''Catechism of the Catholic Church'' describes an indulgence as "a remission bef ...
, a type of religious indulgence
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