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Meanings of penance in английском
португальский
arrependimento каталонский
penediment Синонимы
Examples for "self-mortification"
Examples for "self-mortification"
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.
1
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.
5
I do not say this in the ridiculous affectation of self-abasement and modesty.
Usage of penance in английском
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
португальский
каталонский
Penance through the time
Penance across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common