plenarty
(ˈpliːnətɪ)
Also 5 -erte, 7–8 -artie.
[Late ME. a. AF. plenerte, OF. plenierete fullness, abundance, f. plenier, plener complete: see plenar and -ty.]
1. Eccl. Law. Of a benefice: The state of being full or occupied. Opp. to vacancy.
| 1425 Rolls of Parlt. IV. 291/1 Hit be lefull to his Patron to make newe Presentation not withstondyng the plenerte of hyme be vi moneths. a 1625 Sir H. Finch Law (1636) 197 But against the King plenartie is accounted from the time of induction, and not before. 1791 Blackstone's Comm. (ed. 11) III. xvi. 243 When the clerk was once instituted (except in the case of the king, where he must be inducted) the church became absolutely full: so the usurper by such plenarty, arising from his own presentation, became in fact seised of the advowson. 1889 Dublin Rev. Oct. 324 The Archbishop..sent one of his clerks to govern the vacant see and receive all the fees which during the plenarty had been paid to the clerks of the bishop deceased. |
† 2. Completeness, fullness. Obs. rare.
| 1660 Waterhouse Arms & Arm. 27 All ages and people by a plenarty of consent. 1720 Welton Suffer. Son of God I. v. 88 In the Body of Christ..dwells the whole Plenarty and Fulness of the Godhead. |