penitential
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Hammon, a Long Island, New York, slave, is remembered as the first published African-American poet, with his poem “An Evening Thought: Salvation by Christ With Penitential Cries,” published in 1761 in the colonies.
From Washington Times • Sep. 16, 2014
Luther was long since convinced of this and had, therefore, already translated the seven Penitential Psalms.
From Life of Luther with several introductory and concluding chapters from general church history by Just, Gustav
Penitential Office.—An office of deep devotion and contrition to be used on Ash Wednesday, which was added to the Prayer-book at its last revision in 1892.
From The American Church Dictionary and Cyclopedia by Miller, William James
Penitential Books, § 61, 1; 89, 6; 103, 6.
From Church History, Vol. 3 of 3 by Kurtz, J. H.
He read the Penitential Psalms and the Litanies of the Saints; then he hesitated between two volumes of Saint Bonaventure and Saint Angela.
From En Route by Huysmans, J.-K. (Joris-Karl)
Vocabulary lists containing penitential
