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plenary

[ plee-nuh-ree, plen-uh- ]

adjective

  1. full; complete; entire; absolute; unqualified:

    plenary powers.

  2. attended by all qualified members; fully constituted:

    a plenary session of Congress.



noun

plural plenaries.
  1. a plenary session, meeting, or the like.

plenary

/ ˈplÉ›n-; ˈpliËnÉ™rɪ /

adjective

  1. full, unqualified, or complete

    plenary indulgence

    plenary powers

  2. (of assemblies, councils, etc) attended by all the members
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a book of the gospels or epistles and homilies read at the Eucharist
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ±è±ô±ð²Ô²¹°ù¾±±ô²â, adverb
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ±è±ô±ðn²¹Â·°ù¾±Â·±ô²â adverb
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of plenary1

First recorded in 1375–1425; from Late Latin ±è±ôŧ²ÔÄå°ù¾±³Ü²õ ( plenum, -ary ); replacing late Middle English plener, from Anglo-French, from Late Latin ±è±ôŧ²ÔÄå°ù¾±²õ ( -ar 1 )
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of plenary1

C15: from Late Latin ±è±ôŧ²ÔÄå°ù¾±³Ü²õ, from Latin ±è±ôŧ²Ô³Ü²õ full; related to Middle English plener; see plenum
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More than one hundred years later, in 1974, it reaffirmed that view and held that the Constitution gives the president what it labeled “plenary authority.â€

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"It's not a committee meeting. It is a plenary session of Parliamentary Assembly. And all other receptacles are not to be in this part of the building."

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But only three of them showed up for the vote Saturday, with the remaining 105 leaving the plenary hall in protest.

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Similarly, in the final plenary when all countries accepted the finance text, there were brash cheers when speakers from several nations spoke out against the agreement, after the gavelling.

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Justices had just finished hearing a plenary session and were quickly evacuated safely, it added.

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