What is "pardoners"

Usage examples of "pardoners".

But many pardoners were out-and-out frauds, selling worthless pieces of paper, and even legitimate ones often kept more than their share of the proceeds.

Most pardoners, like this one, claimed to have come "straight from the court of Rome," with a bagful of pardons "al hoot" off the presses, though of course our Pardoner hasn't set foot outside England.

I might have told him that I was the king of my profession, the best of all pardoners, a genius hacker with the truly magic touch, who could slip into any computer ever designed and make it dance to my tune.

Churchmen of all casts, friars, priests, monks, holy sisters, pardoners, even two hermits, but by far the largest group were buyers and sellers headed for the London mar­ket.