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penitential::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | penitentiary |
| Derivation | penitence |
penitential tears.
wrote a penitential letter apologizing for her hasty words.
Examples of penitential
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They are asked to perform a penitential act such as praying or doing good works.
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Even in this penitential season of Lent, the critique is worth taking seriously.
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His penitential immersion was shared by a voluptuous model done up as a mermaid.
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Xipe Totec is the Mexican god of newly planted seed and of penitential torture.
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Many travel dozens of miles on foot in an act of penitential homage to Hussein.
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I didn't realise quite the penitential grief it takes to pocket those bonuses.
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When it came to beverages, was anyone more virtuous and penitential than she?
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For example, all Fridays through the year and the time of Lent are penitential days.
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On the day we visited, a weeklong penitential retreat was about to begin.
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- Showing or constituting penance; "penitential tears"; "wrote a penitential letter apologizing for her hasty words"
- (penitence) repentance: remorse for your past conduct
- A penitential is a book or set of church rules concerning the Christian sacrament of penance, a "new manner of reconciliation with God" that was first developed by Celtic monks in Ireland in the sixth century AD. ...
- (Penitence) Penance is repentance of sins as well as the proper name of the Roman Catholic, Orthodox Christian, and Anglican Sacrament of Penance and Reconciliation/Confession. It also plays a part in non-sacramental confession among Lutherans and other Protestants. ...
- (penitence) Condition of being penitent; Feeling of regret or remorse for doing wrong or sinning
- (Penitence (90)) Originally, sacrifices made as an outward sign of contrition. Later, could be a sign of only attrition (fear of punishment) and used as a means to avoid punishment and attain forgiveness.
- (Penitence) An act, spiritual or physical, undertaken to absolve a sin.
- (penitence (n)) the state of being penitent; repentance. Implies sorrow over having sinned or done wrong.
- (penitence) Sorrow for sin, with desire to amend and atone
