give absolution
Example Sentences
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Fashionable Monsignor Royford crawls steadfastly along a narrow ledge, twelve stories above the ground, to give absolution.
From Time Magazine Archive
But this confessor can only define the penance, he cannot give absolution, a right which belongs to the masters.
From Life in the Medieval University by Rait, Robert S.
On one occasion a woman canteen worker aided a Jewish rabbi to give absolution to a Catholic boy in a Y.M.C.A. hut when a priest could not be secured in time.
From The Fight for the Argonne Personal Experiences of a 'Y' Man by West, William Benjamin
Ride quickly into the city, and bid the priests come forth to hear the confessions and give absolution to the dying.
From A Heroine of France by Everett-Green, Evelyn
"You give absolution to the fathers, and visit the misfortunes of the mothers upon the children."
From Iola Leroy Shadows Uplifted by Harper, Frances Ellen Watkins
