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Penanceless :: Penanceless (a.) Free from penance.

Indulgence :: Indulgence (n.) Remission of the temporal punishment due to sins, after the guilt of sin has been remitted by sincere repentance; absolution from the censures and public penances of the church. It is a payment of the debt of justice to God by the application of the merits of Christ and his saints to the contrite soul through the church. It is therefore believed to diminish or destroy for sins the punishment of purgatory..

Woolward-going :: Woolward-going (n.) A wearing of woolen clothes next the skin as a matter of penance.

Penitential :: Penitential (a.) Of or pertaining to penitence, or to penance; expressing penitence; of the nature of penance; as, the penitential book; penitential tears..

Penitential :: Penitential (n.) A book formerly used by priests hearing confessions, containing rules for the imposition of penances; -- called also penitential book..

Mortifying :: Mortifying (a.) Subduing the appetites, desires, etc.; as, mortifying penances..

Discipline :: Discipline (n.) Self-inflicted and voluntary corporal punishment, as penance, or otherwise; specifically, a penitential scourge..

Penance :: Penance (n.) Repentance.

Penitentiary :: Penitentiary (n.) One who does penance.

Penitentiary :: Penitentiary (n.) One who prescribes the rules and measures of penance.

Mortify :: Mortify (v. i.) To practice penance from religious motives; to deaden desires by religious discipline.

Penance :: Penance (v. t.) To impose penance; to punish.

Penitencer :: Penitencer (n.) A priest who heard confession and enjoined penance in extraordinary cases.

Absolution :: Absolution (n.) The exercise of priestly jurisdiction in the sacrament of penance, by which Catholics believe the sins of the truly penitent are forgiven..

Penitentiary :: Penitentiary (a.) Relating to penance, or to the rules and measures of penance..

Quadragene :: Quadragene (n.) An indulgence of forty days, corresponding to the forty days of ancient canonical penance..

Peri :: Peri (n.) An imaginary being, male or female, like an elf or fairy, represented as a descendant of fallen angels, excluded from paradise till penance is accomplished..

Penitent :: Penitent (a.) Doing penance.

Penance :: Penance (n.) Pain; sorrow; suffering.

Penitent :: Penitent (n.) One under church censure, but admitted to penance; one undergoing penance..

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