D defs.my
Entry 2 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Plenary

/plĕn'-ẽr-ē/ · Ple·na·ry · IPA /ˈpliːnəɹi/
01 a. Full; entire; complete; absolute; as, a plenary license; plenary authority.
  1. 1.
    Full; entire; complete; absolute; as, a plenary license; plenary authority.
    “A treatise on a subject should be plenary or full.” I. Watts.
Phrases & compounds
Plenary indulgence — an entire remission of temporal punishment due to, or canonical penance for, all sins.
Plenary inspiration — See under Inspiration.
02 n. Decisive procedure.
  1. 1.
    Decisive procedure.(Law) [Obs.]