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Meanings of seven deadly sins in English

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Set of vices in Catholic theology and western philosophy.

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Group of allegorical human figures representing the seven deadly sins.

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Usage of seven deadly sins in English
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He had war to amuse himself with, and the seven deadly sins.
The Market-Place
2
In the other seven , the seven deadly sins are purged away.
Song and Legend from the Middle Ages
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It was a marvellous spotted thing, as effective as the seven deadly sins.
The picture of Dorian Gray
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But now having done the seven deadly sins, where should he go next?
Reuters
5
Using the seven deadly sins as the marrow of his tale, Mike's… Audio
Radio NZ
6
Or the sadness of the seven deadly sins where there is no movie?
Mince Pie
7
Connect: Lust, after a millennium-and-a-half among the seven deadly sins, is really a virtue.
The Irish Times
8
It is all over; I will dwell no longer among the seven deadly sins.
The Grip of Desire: The Story of a Parish-Priest
9
The vast number of faults mentioned contrasts very strikingly with the seven deadly sins.
Youth: Its Education, Regimen, and Hygiene
10
There were seven deadly sins; but now there are eight.
The Road to Damascus, a Trilogy
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You glared at me as if I'd committed one of the seven deadly sins.
The Vision of Desire
12
I mistook, and called it the seven deadly sins.
The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 2
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That saved your soul from the seven deadly sins.
Major Barbara
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Those were two of the seven deadly sins and between them they'd done me in.
The burglar in the closet
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The main room had seven arched doorways, each labeled with one of the seven deadly sins.
Blood Rights
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Instead of that, the devil, death, and the seven deadly sins, are impersonated in the procession.
The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Volume 2...