indult

An authorization granted by the pope, allowing a bishop or diocese to deviate from canon law in some particular.

To indulge; grant; permit; accord.

An indulgence; license; permission; grant.

In the Roman Catholic Church, a license or permission granted by the Pope for the performance of some act not sanctioned by the common law of the church; an exemption; a privilege.

In Spain, an impost formerly paid to the king on everything brought in galleons from America.