penance造句

It is not mortification, a penance.

Another penance was the drinking of milk.

Bitter bamboo room is like a person doing penance.

I'll do penance, but make that guy go away!

a person who whips himself as a religious penance.

They had confessed their sins and done their penance .

an uncomfortable shirt made of coarse animal hair; worn next to the skin as a penance.

She regards living in New York as a penance; she hates big cities.

there is a period of penance, fasting, self-denial, and repentance.

Still by an irresistible impulse I curse myself with an awful penance.

What need is there of penance if God is worshipped with love?

At Delphi, the oracle tells Hercules that only a terrible penance can absolve him of his crimes.

A tribunal of the Roman Curia having jurisdiction in matters relating to penance, dispensations, and papal absolutions.

a person who repents for wrongdoing (a Roman Catholic may be admitted to penance under the direction of a confessor).

It is therefore appropriate for the bride and groom to prepare themselves for the celebration of their marriage by receiving the sacrament of penance.

The sacrament of anointing a critically ill or weak person, with prayers for recovery and an act of penance or confession.

(Roman Catholic Church) the act of a penitent disclosing his sinfulness before a priest in the sacrament of penance in the hope of absolution.

It is probable that there was an idea of penance in this mode of occupation, and that she offered up a real sacrifice of enjoyment, in devoting so many hours to such rude handiwork.

Four years later, Rhoda is released from prison, but instead of picking up where she left off, she decides she still needs to do penance and takes a job as a school janitor.

The job, which involved the transcription of oral history tapes, had about it a quality of penance that suited me, though after a time I discovered to my chagrin that I was having fun.