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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..

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

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

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

Penitent :: Penitent (a.) Doing penance.

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

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

Penanced :: Penanced (imp. & p. p.) of Penanc.

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

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..

Mortification :: Mortification (n.) Subjection of the passions and appetites, by penance, absistence, or painful severities inflicted on the body..

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

Trisacramentarian :: Trisacramentarian (n.) One who recognizes three sacraments, and no more; -- namely, baptism, the Lord's Supper, and penance. See Sacrament..

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..

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

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

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

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

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