We have no meanings for "penitential mood" in our records yet.
1 The penitential mood that had resulted from her talk with Portia was utterly gone.
2 This penitential mood kept her from naming the wedding-day.
3 I asked Julian about this one day when he was in a penitential mood and he said:
4 One form in which the penitential mood receives expression is in confession in which the penitent acknowledges his sins.
5 He has to be broken down into the penitential mood before he will secure the victory over his sin.
6 Perhaps her penitential moods were the most bewitching-certainlythey were the most dangerous-ofall her many phases.
7 "Now you're in one of your penitential moods , " laughed Dory.
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