PLENARY DEFINITIONS - 11 definitions found
plenary adj 1: full in all respects; "a plenary session of the legislature"; "a diplomat with plenary powers" plenary 1450, from M.L. plenarius "entire, complete," from L. plenus "full." Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 11th Edition (2003) plenary adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Late Latin plenarius, from Latin plenus full — more at full Date: 15th century 1. complete in every respect ; absolute, unqualified <plenary power> 2. fully attended or constituted by all entitled to be present <a plenary session> Synonyms: see full Oxford English Reference Dictionary
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner\'s English Dictionary plenary (plenaries) A plenary session or plenary meeting is one that is attended by everyone who has the right to attend. (TECHNICAL) The programme was approved at a plenary session of the Central Committee last week. ADJ: ADJ n • Plenary is also a noun. There'll be another plenary at the end of the afternoon after the workshop. N-COUNT English Explanatory Dictionary plenary ˈpli:nərɪ adj. 1 entire, unqualified, absolute (plenary indulgence). 2 (of an assembly) to be attended by all members. [LL plenarius f. plenus full] Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Plenary \Ple"na*ry\, a. [LL. plenarius, fr. L. plenus full. See Plenty.] Full; entire; complete; absolute; as, a plenary license; plenary authority. A treatise on a subject should be plenary or full. --I. Watts. Plenary indulgence (R. C. Ch.), an entire remission of temporal punishment due to, or canonical penance for, all sins. Plenary inspiration. (Theol.) See under Inspiration. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Plenary \Ple"na*ry\, n. (Law) Decisive procedure. [Obs.] Soule\'s Dictionary of English Synonyms plenary a. Full, complete, entire. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 69 Moby Thesaurus words for "plenary": SRO, absolute, brimful, brimming, bulging, bursting, capacity, chock-full, chuck-full, comprehensive, congested, consequential, considerable, cram-full, crammed, deep, exhaustive, farci, filled, flush, full, full to bursting, grand, grave, great, heavy, illimitable, intense, irresistible, jam-packed, limitless, main, maximum, mighty, no strings, open, overfull, overstuffed, packed, packed like sardines, perfect, powerful, ready to burst, replete, round, satiated, saturated, serious, soaked, standing room only, strong, stuffed, surfeited, swollen, topful, total, unbound, unbounded, uncircumscribed, unconditional, unconditioned, unconfined, unequivocal, unlimited, unmeasured, unqualified, unrestricted, wide-open, without strings |
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