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Meanings of self-mortification in inglés
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Examples for "penance"
Examples for "penance"
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.
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She leaned her white cheek a moment against his in speechless self-abasement.
2
In the midst of the deepest self-abasement his heart was overflowing with joy.
3
This is not self-abasement; it is not the parading of misfortune.
4
The state of the flour-barrel would also produce a like self-abasement.
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I do not say this in the ridiculous affectation of self-abasement and modesty.
Usage of self-mortification in inglés
1
In its ecclesiastical sense, it denotes those who seek holiness through self-mortification.
2
I wished also to avoid the self-mortification which must ensue from altercation.
3
The release of the tapes was a wholly unnecessary act of self-mortification.
4
If that were true, Celia, my giving-up would be self-indulgence, not self-mortification.
5
In company with other monks, Siddhattha sought for a while enlightenment by self-mortification.
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But they had to consult reason, not sentiment, and of self-mortification.
7
Asceticism, self-mortification, starvation, torture,-thiswas his means of gaining happiness hereafter.
8
But it had been for cause-forthe poor-forself-mortification.
9
He is all for self-mortification, poor simple soul.
10
Even mediaeval piety only inculcated self-mortification as a stage towards a higher {129} self-affirmation.
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Now her face was reddening with self-mortification.
12
The pathway of the elder supra-man was one of crucifixion, self-denial, renunciation, affliction, poverty, disease and self-mortification.
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Had she by her self-mortification done aught to pleasure those dear ones who slept their last sleep?
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In the ecclesiastically consecrated character three minor branches of self-mortification have been recognized as indispensable pathways to perfection.
15
When something like this happens, an institution, any institution, flies into a frenzy of self-mortification and damage control.
16
Then his disciples abandoned him, for at that time self-mortification was regarded as the only path to salvation.
Translations for self-mortification
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Self-mortification through the time