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
He was the secular confessor of his day, always able to give absolution.
From The Happy Hypocrite A Fairy Tale For Tired Men by Beerbohm, Max, Sir
The Priest is not empowered to give absolution to every one indiscriminately.
From The Faith of Our Fathers by Gibbons, James
"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
Holy priests are with us to hear all, and to give absolution.
From A Heroine of France by Everett-Green, Evelyn
