Penitential definition

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Of, relating to, or expressing penitence.
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Of or relating to penance.
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A book or set of church rules concerning the sacrament of penance.
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Of, constituting, or expressing penitence or penance.
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A penitent.
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A list or book of rules governing religious penance.
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Pertaining to penance or penitence.
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A book or set of rules pertaining to the Christian sacrament of penance.
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A penitent.
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Other Word Forms

Noun

Singular:
penitential
Plural:
penitentials

Penitential Sentence Examples

  • Litanies The Penitential rite; Prayer of the Faithful; the Lamb of God.

  • Damiani advocated the substitution of flagellation for the recitation of the penitential psalms, and drew up a scale according to which 1000 strokes were equivalent to ten psalms, and 15,000 to the whole psalter.

  • In it were written most of the penitential hymns, which were possibly thought to require a more euphonious idiom than, for example, hymns of praise.

  • Litanies The Penitential Rite; Prayer of the Faithful; the Lamb of God.

  • The fifth canon of the council of Macon, in 584, forbids clergy to dress like laymen and imposes a penalty of thirty days' imprisonment on bread and water; but this may be merely penitential.

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