What is an indult?

What is an indult? Here are some definitions.

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  1. (Catholicism) A permission or privilege granted by the church authority that excepts an individual from what is otherwise a norm of church law, such as a release from monastic vows.
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This is a concrete gesture in the Pope's own diocese, which reinforces what the Holy Father called for in the 1984 indult and in his 1988 letter Ecclesia Dei Adflicta.
At that time the provinces were divided, and this province of Philipinas was one of those which obtained the indult.
And don't forget that our pope has granted an indult for the Latin Mass that he has asked our bishops to apply generously.
The potential publicity of an immoral and a dangerous sexuality indult by this lake of privacy was one of the major fear of the French society.
Martin Yelle a signe son indult de secularisation en mars 2012, mettant fin a son engagement comme frere apres 22 ans de vie religieuse.

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