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Meanings of severe penance in English
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Usage of severe penance in English
1
Why did the early Christians do more severe penance than we do?
2
They would have regarded it as a pretty severe penance.
3
Ever after, he inflicted upon himself most severe penance.
4
Should I be condemned to any very severe penance?
5
The man who foresees the necessity of undergoing this severe penance will think twice before putting on a disguise.
6
Absolution was hard to get from him, and not to be had on any terms but those of severe penance.
7
After his return he became a zealot, exacting severe penance from sinners, and through his severity driving a man to suicide.
8
I next took refuge in Colzin, and, when I had undergone a severe penance, I no longer feared the wrath of God.
9
And he had conquered, doing severe penance for every glance which might for an instant betray to her the weakness of his soul.
10
The monks, by a surprising levity, believed the calumny, enjoined him a most severe penance, forbid him to say mass, and excommunicated him.
11
He presses sinners to severe penance, for fear of hell, and paints a frightful image of it from the fires of Vesuvius and ætna.
12
Psyche had to undergo a long and severe penance before she became worthy to regain the happiness, which she had so foolishly trifled away.
13
For a thousand celestial years they were engaged in those severe penances.
14
Here, in this asylum, he underwent severe penances for six thousand years.
15
He began to reflect, saying unto himself, 'I have undergone severe penances.
16
The two Aswins, engaged in severe penances, have been said to be Sudras.
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Severe penance across language varieties
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