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Meanings of penance in English
Portuguese
arrependimento Catalan
penediment Synonyms
Examples for "repentance"
Examples for "repentance"
1
The repentance and the baptism precede the gift of the Holy Spirit.
2
Now Sammy had very small faith in the repentance of the Hermit.
3
The question is simple, but repentance will follow the having asked it.
4
I hope there is a stool of repentance in the family house.
5
They scorch and choke;-andunless it be so there is no repentance.
1
Florence gazed at him a moment in bitter, in almost selfish penitence.
2
The words of penitence and the words of pardon had been spoken.
3
He did not know how much penitence there was in the sorrow.
4
Her penitence was the beginning of the sentimental side of our acquaintance.
5
The penitence of the robber, on analysis, discloses the three familiar elements-
Usage of penance in English
1
Finally I asked her what was meant by the seven years' penance.
2
In penance for a great crime, he was ordered to do labors.
3
The idea of a lifelong penance has taken strong possession of Donatello.
4
I would rather do my penance all at once; let me die.
5
You will have a heavy penance imposed upon you in the confessional.
6
The penance of the Ninevites did not stop at fasting and praying.
7
And saying: Do penance: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
8
He had his own penance to say before he could hear her.
9
It's my job to keep you alive and working off your penance.
10
The vocal mothers consult after each confession and inflict the penance aloud.
11
And not to laugh in his face is penance for my sins.
12
He must first complete his penance in a temporary state of misery.
13
People on their deathbed refuse the assistance of the Church, ridicule penance.
14
Moreover, the penance which precedes Baptism is not the sacrament of Penance.
15
Objection 1: It would seem that penance is not a special virtue.
16
Objection 1: It would seem that penance does not originate from fear.
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Translations for penance
Portuguese
Catalan
Penance through the time
Penance across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common